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
476
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min
477
Kamini Roy: "In the Light"
4 min
478
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger: "Midmorning"
3 min
479
Rajiv Mohabir: "Water-Owl, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale"
5 min
480
Aimee Suzara: "Birthing Woman as Viscera-Sucker"
4 min
481
Bao Phi: "To The People Who Have Resisted the U...
4 min
482
Anjoli Roy: "Last"
4 min
483
Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner: "Kaōnōn"
2 min
484
Tu Fu: "The Excursion"
5 min
485
Solomon ibn Gabirol: "Night-Piece"
5 min
486
Kay Ulanday Barrett: "Duplex for the Sick & Tired"
3 min
487
Marisa Lin: "Tiananmen Square, 1989"
5 min
488
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "We Live We Live"
8 min
489
Lehua M. Taitano: "When The World Falls in Arou...
5 min
490
essa may ranapiri: "Te Uto O Te Ika A Maaui / T...
2 min
491
Dante Di Stefano: "Green Burial Unsonnet"
3 min
492
Li Bai: "Songs to the Peonies Sung to the Air: ...
5 min
493
Chandanie Somwaru: "Doodhpitty // Cidium"
3 min
494
Hala Alyan: "Siri as Mother"
3 min
495
Jake Eduardo Vermaas: "[ode to the water beneat...
3 min
496
Angela Peñaredondo: "harvest"
4 min
497
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "First Time Brushing Tee...
2 min
498
Sarah McCartt-Jackson: "Borrow"
2 min
499
Moses ibn Ezra: “Nachum: Spring Songs”
8 min
500
Donovan Kūhiō Colleps: "He Mea Māloʻeloʻe #3"
4 min