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