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
Chandanie Somwaru: "Doodhpitty // Cidium"
3 min
502
Hala Alyan: "Siri as Mother"
3 min
503
Jake Eduardo Vermaas: "[ode to the water beneat...
3 min
504
Angela Peñaredondo: "harvest"
4 min
505
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "First Time Brushing Tee...
2 min
506
Sarah McCartt-Jackson: "Borrow"
2 min
507
Moses ibn Ezra: “Nachum: Spring Songs”
8 min
508
Donovan Kūhiō Colleps: "He Mea Māloʻeloʻe #3"
4 min
509
Grace Iwashita-Taylor: "Default Taupou"
3 min
510
Hari Alluri: "Spiral"
2 min
511
Roger Reeves: "Prayer to the Gods of the Night,...
3 min
512
Guest Editor Interview: May 2024 Guest Editor N...
14 min
513
David Mura: "The Reasons"
2 min
514
Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
515
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
516
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
517
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
518
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
519
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
520
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
521
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
522
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
523
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
524
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
525
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min