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
551
Moses ibn Ezra: “Nachum: Spring Songs”
8 min
552
Donovan Kūhiō Colleps: "He Mea Māloʻeloʻe #3"
4 min
553
Grace Iwashita-Taylor: "Default Taupou"
3 min
554
Hari Alluri: "Spiral"
2 min
555
Roger Reeves: "Prayer to the Gods of the Night,...
3 min
556
Guest Editor Interview: May 2024 Guest Editor N...
14 min
557
David Mura: "The Reasons"
2 min
558
Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
559
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
560
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
561
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
562
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
563
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
564
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
565
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
566
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
567
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
568
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
569
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
570
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
571
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
572
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
573
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
574
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
575
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min