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
Dante Di Stefano: "Green Burial Unsonnet"
3 min
477
Li Bai: "Songs to the Peonies Sung to the Air: ...
5 min
478
Chandanie Somwaru: "Doodhpitty // Cidium"
3 min
479
Hala Alyan: "Siri as Mother"
3 min
480
Jake Eduardo Vermaas: "[ode to the water beneat...
3 min
481
Angela Peñaredondo: "harvest"
4 min
482
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "First Time Brushing Tee...
2 min
483
Sarah McCartt-Jackson: "Borrow"
2 min
484
Moses ibn Ezra: “Nachum: Spring Songs”
8 min
485
Donovan Kūhiō Colleps: "He Mea Māloʻeloʻe #3"
4 min
486
Grace Iwashita-Taylor: "Default Taupou"
3 min
487
Hari Alluri: "Spiral"
2 min
488
Roger Reeves: "Prayer to the Gods of the Night,...
3 min
489
Guest Editor Interview: May 2024 Guest Editor N...
14 min
490
David Mura: "The Reasons"
2 min
491
Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
492
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
493
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
494
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
495
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
496
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
497
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
498
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
499
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
500
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min