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
501
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
502
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
503
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
504
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
505
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
506
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min
507
Kamini Roy: "In the Light"
4 min
508
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger: "Midmorning"
3 min
509
Rajiv Mohabir: "Water-Owl, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale"
5 min
510
Aimee Suzara: "Birthing Woman as Viscera-Sucker"
4 min
511
Bao Phi: "To The People Who Have Resisted the U...
4 min
512
Anjoli Roy: "Last"
4 min
513
Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner: "Kaōnōn"
2 min
514
Tu Fu: "The Excursion"
5 min
515
Solomon ibn Gabirol: "Night-Piece"
5 min
516
Kay Ulanday Barrett: "Duplex for the Sick & Tired"
3 min
517
Marisa Lin: "Tiananmen Square, 1989"
5 min
518
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "We Live We Live"
8 min
519
Lehua M. Taitano: "When The World Falls in Arou...
5 min
520
essa may ranapiri: "Te Uto O Te Ika A Maaui / T...
2 min
521
Dante Di Stefano: "Green Burial Unsonnet"
3 min
522
Li Bai: "Songs to the Peonies Sung to the Air: ...
5 min
523
Chandanie Somwaru: "Doodhpitty // Cidium"
3 min
524
Hala Alyan: "Siri as Mother"
3 min
525
Jake Eduardo Vermaas: "[ode to the water beneat...
3 min