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
676
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
677
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
678
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
679
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
680
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
681
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
682
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min
683
Kamini Roy: "In the Light"
4 min
684
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger: "Midmorning"
3 min
685
Rajiv Mohabir: "Water-Owl, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale"
5 min
686
Aimee Suzara: "Birthing Woman as Viscera-Sucker"
4 min
687
Bao Phi: "To The People Who Have Resisted the U...
4 min
688
Anjoli Roy: "Last"
4 min
689
Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner: "Kaōnōn"
2 min
690
Tu Fu: "The Excursion"
5 min
691
Solomon ibn Gabirol: "Night-Piece"
5 min
692
Kay Ulanday Barrett: "Duplex for the Sick & Tired"
3 min
693
Marisa Lin: "Tiananmen Square, 1989"
5 min
694
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "We Live We Live"
8 min
695
Lehua M. Taitano: "When The World Falls in Arou...
5 min
696
essa may ranapiri: "Te Uto O Te Ika A Maaui / T...
2 min
697
Dante Di Stefano: "Green Burial Unsonnet"
3 min
698
Li Bai: "Songs to the Peonies Sung to the Air: ...
5 min
699
Chandanie Somwaru: "Doodhpitty // Cidium"
3 min
700
Hala Alyan: "Siri as Mother"
3 min