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