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
776
Angela Peñaredondo: "harvest"
4 min
777
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "First Time Brushing Tee...
2 min
778
Sarah McCartt-Jackson: "Borrow"
2 min
779
Moses ibn Ezra: “Nachum: Spring Songs”
8 min
780
Donovan Kūhiō Colleps: "He Mea Māloʻeloʻe #3"
4 min
781
Grace Iwashita-Taylor: "Default Taupou"
3 min
782
Hari Alluri: "Spiral"
2 min
783
Guest Editor Interview: May 2024 Guest Editor N...
14 min
784
Roger Reeves: "Prayer to the Gods of the Night,...
3 min
785
David Mura: "The Reasons"
2 min
786
Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
787
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
788
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
789
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
790
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
791
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
792
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
793
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
794
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
795
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
796
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
797
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
798
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
799
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
800
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min