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
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
2
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
3
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
4
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
5
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
6
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
7
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
8
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
9
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
10
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
11
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
12
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
13
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
14
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
15
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
16
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
17
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
18
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min
19
Joanna Klink: "A Welcome"
4 min
20
Abu Nuwas: "[O Málik! I pray thee go for the wi...
5 min
21
Donika Kelly: "When the Fact of Your Gaze Means...
3 min
22
Alessandra Lynch: "[The lamp is like a capsized...
3 min
23
Cecilia Woloch: "Prayer for 2018"
3 min
24
Divya Victor: "Make/Do"
4 min
25
Fady Joudah: "[…]"
2 min