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
726
Hari Alluri: "Spiral"
2 min
727
Guest Editor Interview: May 2024 Guest Editor N...
14 min
728
Roger Reeves: "Prayer to the Gods of the Night,...
3 min
729
David Mura: "The Reasons"
2 min
730
Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
731
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
732
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
733
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
734
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
735
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
736
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
737
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
738
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
739
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
740
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
741
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
742
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
743
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
744
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
745
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
746
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
747
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
748
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
749
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min
750
Joanna Klink: "A Welcome"
4 min