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
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1902
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1903
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1904
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1905
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1906
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1907
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1908
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1909
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1910
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1911
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1912
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1913
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1914
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1915
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1916
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1917
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1918
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1919
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1920
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1921
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1922
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1923
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1924
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1925
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min