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.
2051
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
2052
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
2053
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
2054
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
2055
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
2056
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
2057
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
2058
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
2059
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
2060
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
2061
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
2062
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
2063
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
2064
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
2065
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
2066
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
2067
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
2068
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
2069
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
2070
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
2071
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
2072
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
2073
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
2074
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
2075
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min