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
Hari Alluri: "Spiral"
2 min
477
Guest Editor Interview: May 2024 Guest Editor N...
14 min
478
Roger Reeves: "Prayer to the Gods of the Night,...
3 min
479
David Mura: "The Reasons"
2 min
480
Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
481
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
482
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
483
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
484
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
485
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
486
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
487
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
488
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
489
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
490
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
491
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
492
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
493
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
494
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
495
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
496
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
497
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
498
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
499
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min
500
Joanna Klink: "A Welcome"
4 min