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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
2
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
3
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
4
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
5
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
6
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
7
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
8
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
9
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
10
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
11
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
12
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
13
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
14
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
15
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
16
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min
17
Joanna Klink: "A Welcome"
4 min
18
Abu Nuwas: "[O Málik! I pray thee go for the wi...
5 min
19
Donika Kelly: "When the Fact of Your Gaze Means...
3 min
20
Alessandra Lynch: "[The lamp is like a capsized...
3 min
21
Cecilia Woloch: "Prayer for 2018"
3 min
22
Divya Victor: "Make/Do"
4 min
23
Fady Joudah: "[…]"
2 min
24
Lo Kwa Mei-en: "Pinocchia, you must not stop fo...
3 min
25
Guest Editor Interview: April 2024 Guest Editor...
18 min