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.
1901
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1902
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1903
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1904
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1905
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1906
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1907
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1908
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1909
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1910
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1911
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1912
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1913
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1914
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1915
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1916
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1917
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1918
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1919
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1920
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1921
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1922
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1923
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1924
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1925
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min