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
426
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
427
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
428
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
429
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
430
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min
431
Kamini Roy: "In the Light"
4 min
432
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger: "Midmorning"
3 min
433
Rajiv Mohabir: "Water-Owl, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale"
5 min
434
Aimee Suzara: "Birthing Woman as Viscera-Sucker"
4 min
435
Bao Phi: "To The People Who Have Resisted the U...
4 min
436
Anjoli Roy: "Last"
4 min
437
Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner: "Kaōnōn"
2 min
438
Tu Fu: "The Excursion"
5 min
439
Solomon ibn Gabirol: "Night-Piece"
5 min
440
Kay Ulanday Barrett: "Duplex for the Sick & Tired"
3 min
441
Marisa Lin: "Tiananmen Square, 1989"
5 min
442
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "We Live We Live"
8 min
443
Lehua M. Taitano: "When The World Falls in Arou...
5 min
444
essa may ranapiri: "Te Uto O Te Ika A Maaui / T...
2 min
445
Dante Di Stefano: "Green Burial Unsonnet"
3 min
446
Li Bai: "Songs to the Peonies Sung to the Air: ...
5 min
447
Chandanie Somwaru: "Doodhpitty // Cidium"
3 min
448
Hala Alyan: "Siri as Mother"
3 min
449
Jake Eduardo Vermaas: "[ode to the water beneat...
3 min
450
Angela Peñaredondo: "harvest"
4 min