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
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1877
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1878
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1879
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1880
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1881
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1882
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1883
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1884
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1885
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1886
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1887
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1888
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1889
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1890
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1891
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1892
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1893
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1894
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1895
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1896
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1897
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1898
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1899
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1900
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min