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
526
Angela Peñaredondo: "harvest"
4 min
527
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "First Time Brushing Tee...
2 min
528
Sarah McCartt-Jackson: "Borrow"
2 min
529
Moses ibn Ezra: “Nachum: Spring Songs”
8 min
530
Donovan Kūhiō Colleps: "He Mea Māloʻeloʻe #3"
4 min
531
Grace Iwashita-Taylor: "Default Taupou"
3 min
532
Hari Alluri: "Spiral"
2 min
533
Roger Reeves: "Prayer to the Gods of the Night,...
3 min
534
Guest Editor Interview: May 2024 Guest Editor N...
14 min
535
David Mura: "The Reasons"
2 min
536
Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
537
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
538
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
539
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
540
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
541
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
542
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
543
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
544
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
545
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
546
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
547
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
548
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
549
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
550
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min