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
651
Grace Iwashita-Taylor: "Default Taupou"
3 min
652
Hari Alluri: "Spiral"
2 min
653
Guest Editor Interview: May 2024 Guest Editor N...
14 min
654
Roger Reeves: "Prayer to the Gods of the Night,...
3 min
655
David Mura: "The Reasons"
2 min
656
Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
657
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
658
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
659
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
660
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
661
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
662
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
663
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
664
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
665
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
666
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
667
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
668
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
669
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
670
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
671
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
672
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
673
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
674
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
675
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min