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 Genevieve Shubeck. 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
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
552
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
553
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
554
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
555
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min
556
Kamini Roy: "In the Light"
4 min
557
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger: "Midmorning"
3 min
558
Rajiv Mohabir: "Water-Owl, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale"
5 min
559
Aimee Suzara: "Birthing Woman as Viscera-Sucker"
4 min
560
Bao Phi: "To The People Who Have Resisted the U...
4 min
561
Anjoli Roy: "Last"
4 min
562
Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner: "Kaōnōn"
2 min
563
Tu Fu: "The Excursion"
5 min
564
Solomon ibn Gabirol: "Night-Piece"
5 min
565
Kay Ulanday Barrett: "Duplex for the Sick & Tired"
3 min
566
Marisa Lin: "Tiananmen Square, 1989"
5 min
567
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "We Live We Live"
8 min
568
Lehua M. Taitano: "When The World Falls in Arou...
5 min
569
essa may ranapiri: "Te Uto O Te Ika A Maaui / T...
2 min
570
Dante Di Stefano: "Green Burial Unsonnet"
3 min
571
Li Bai: "Songs to the Peonies Sung to the Air: ...
5 min
572
Chandanie Somwaru: "Doodhpitty // Cidium"
3 min
573
Hala Alyan: "Siri as Mother"
3 min
574
Jake Eduardo Vermaas: "[ode to the water beneat...
3 min
575
Angela Peñaredondo: "harvest"
4 min