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.

Books
401
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
402
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
403
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
404
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
405
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
406
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
407
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
408
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min
409
Kamini Roy: "In the Light"
4 min
410
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger: "Midmorning"
3 min
411
Rajiv Mohabir: "Water-Owl, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale"
5 min
412
Aimee Suzara: "Birthing Woman as Viscera-Sucker"
4 min
413
Bao Phi: "To The People Who Have Resisted the U...
4 min
414
Anjoli Roy: "Last"
4 min
415
Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner: "Kaōnōn"
2 min
416
Tu Fu: "The Excursion"
5 min
417
Solomon ibn Gabirol: "Night-Piece"
5 min
418
Kay Ulanday Barrett: "Duplex for the Sick & Tired"
3 min
419
Marisa Lin: "Tiananmen Square, 1989"
5 min
420
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "We Live We Live"
8 min
421
Lehua M. Taitano: "When The World Falls in Arou...
5 min
422
essa may ranapiri: "Te Uto O Te Ika A Maaui / T...
2 min
423
Dante Di Stefano: "Green Burial Unsonnet"
3 min
424
Li Bai: "Songs to the Peonies Sung to the Air: ...
5 min
425
Chandanie Somwaru: "Doodhpitty // Cidium"
3 min