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.
2026
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
2027
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
2028
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
2029
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
2030
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
2031
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
2032
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
2033
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
2034
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
2035
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
2036
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
2037
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
2038
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
2039
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
2040
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
2041
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
2042
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
2043
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
2044
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
2045
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
2046
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
2047
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
2048
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
2049
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
2050
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min