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
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
527
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
528
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
529
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
530
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
531
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min
532
Kamini Roy: "In the Light"
4 min
533
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger: "Midmorning"
3 min
534
Rajiv Mohabir: "Water-Owl, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale"
5 min
535
Aimee Suzara: "Birthing Woman as Viscera-Sucker"
4 min
536
Bao Phi: "To The People Who Have Resisted the U...
4 min
537
Anjoli Roy: "Last"
4 min
538
Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner: "Kaōnōn"
2 min
539
Tu Fu: "The Excursion"
5 min
540
Solomon ibn Gabirol: "Night-Piece"
5 min
541
Kay Ulanday Barrett: "Duplex for the Sick & Tired"
3 min
542
Marisa Lin: "Tiananmen Square, 1989"
5 min
543
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "We Live We Live"
8 min
544
Lehua M. Taitano: "When The World Falls in Arou...
5 min
545
essa may ranapiri: "Te Uto O Te Ika A Maaui / T...
2 min
546
Dante Di Stefano: "Green Burial Unsonnet"
3 min
547
Li Bai: "Songs to the Peonies Sung to the Air: ...
5 min
548
Chandanie Somwaru: "Doodhpitty // Cidium"
3 min
549
Hala Alyan: "Siri as Mother"
3 min
550
Jake Eduardo Vermaas: "[ode to the water beneat...
3 min