Poem-a-Day
Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1876
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1877
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1878
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1879
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1880
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1881
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1882
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1883
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1884
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1885
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1886
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1887
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1888
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1889
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1890
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1891
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1892
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1893
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1894
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1895
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1896
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1897
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1898
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1899
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1900
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min