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
601
Donovan Kūhiō Colleps: "He Mea Māloʻeloʻe #3"
4 min
602
Grace Iwashita-Taylor: "Default Taupou"
3 min
603
Hari Alluri: "Spiral"
2 min
604
Roger Reeves: "Prayer to the Gods of the Night,...
3 min
605
Guest Editor Interview: May 2024 Guest Editor N...
14 min
606
David Mura: "The Reasons"
2 min
607
Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
608
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
609
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
610
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
611
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
612
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
613
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
614
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
615
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
616
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
617
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
618
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
619
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
620
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
621
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
622
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
623
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
624
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
625
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min