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
576
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
577
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
578
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
579
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
580
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
581
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
582
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min
583
Kamini Roy: "In the Light"
4 min
584
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger: "Midmorning"
3 min
585
Rajiv Mohabir: "Water-Owl, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale"
5 min
586
Aimee Suzara: "Birthing Woman as Viscera-Sucker"
4 min
587
Bao Phi: "To The People Who Have Resisted the U...
4 min
588
Anjoli Roy: "Last"
4 min
589
Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner: "Kaōnōn"
2 min
590
Tu Fu: "The Excursion"
5 min
591
Solomon ibn Gabirol: "Night-Piece"
5 min
592
Kay Ulanday Barrett: "Duplex for the Sick & Tired"
3 min
593
Marisa Lin: "Tiananmen Square, 1989"
5 min
594
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "We Live We Live"
8 min
595
Lehua M. Taitano: "When The World Falls in Arou...
5 min
596
essa may ranapiri: "Te Uto O Te Ika A Maaui / T...
2 min
597
Dante Di Stefano: "Green Burial Unsonnet"
3 min
598
Li Bai: "Songs to the Peonies Sung to the Air: ...
5 min
599
Chandanie Somwaru: "Doodhpitty // Cidium"
3 min
600
Hala Alyan: "Siri as Mother"
3 min