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
Hari Alluri: "Spiral"
2 min
502
Guest Editor Interview: May 2024 Guest Editor N...
14 min
503
Roger Reeves: "Prayer to the Gods of the Night,...
3 min
504
David Mura: "The Reasons"
2 min
505
Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
506
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
507
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
508
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
509
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
510
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
511
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
512
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
513
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
514
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
515
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
516
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
517
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
518
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
519
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
520
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
521
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
522
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
523
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
524
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min
525
Joanna Klink: "A Welcome"
4 min