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