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
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
477
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
478
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
479
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
480
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
481
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
482
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min
483
Kamini Roy: "In the Light"
4 min
484
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger: "Midmorning"
3 min
485
Rajiv Mohabir: "Water-Owl, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale"
5 min
486
Aimee Suzara: "Birthing Woman as Viscera-Sucker"
4 min
487
Bao Phi: "To The People Who Have Resisted the U...
4 min
488
Anjoli Roy: "Last"
4 min
489
Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner: "Kaōnōn"
2 min
490
Tu Fu: "The Excursion"
5 min
491
Solomon ibn Gabirol: "Night-Piece"
5 min
492
Kay Ulanday Barrett: "Duplex for the Sick & Tired"
3 min
493
Marisa Lin: "Tiananmen Square, 1989"
5 min
494
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "We Live We Live"
8 min
495
Lehua M. Taitano: "When The World Falls in Arou...
5 min
496
essa may ranapiri: "Te Uto O Te Ika A Maaui / T...
2 min
497
Dante Di Stefano: "Green Burial Unsonnet"
3 min
498
Li Bai: "Songs to the Peonies Sung to the Air: ...
5 min
499
Chandanie Somwaru: "Doodhpitty // Cidium"
3 min
500
Hala Alyan: "Siri as Mother"
3 min