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
701
Hari Alluri: "Spiral"
2 min
702
Roger Reeves: "Prayer to the Gods of the Night,...
3 min
703
Guest Editor Interview: May 2024 Guest Editor N...
14 min
704
David Mura: "The Reasons"
2 min
705
Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
706
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
707
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
708
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
709
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
710
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
711
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
712
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
713
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
714
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
715
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
716
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
717
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
718
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
719
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
720
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
721
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
722
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
723
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
724
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min
725
Joanna Klink: "A Welcome"
4 min