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
Dante Di Stefano: "Green Burial Unsonnet"
3 min
552
Li Bai: "Songs to the Peonies Sung to the Air: ...
5 min
553
Chandanie Somwaru: "Doodhpitty // Cidium"
3 min
554
Hala Alyan: "Siri as Mother"
3 min
555
Jake Eduardo Vermaas: "[ode to the water beneat...
3 min
556
Angela Peñaredondo: "harvest"
4 min
557
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "First Time Brushing Tee...
2 min
558
Sarah McCartt-Jackson: "Borrow"
2 min
559
Moses ibn Ezra: “Nachum: Spring Songs”
8 min
560
Donovan Kūhiō Colleps: "He Mea Māloʻeloʻe #3"
4 min
561
Grace Iwashita-Taylor: "Default Taupou"
3 min
562
Hari Alluri: "Spiral"
2 min
563
Guest Editor Interview: May 2024 Guest Editor N...
14 min
564
Roger Reeves: "Prayer to the Gods of the Night,...
3 min
565
David Mura: "The Reasons"
2 min
566
Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
567
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
568
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
569
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
570
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
571
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
572
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
573
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
574
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
575
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min