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
851
essa may ranapiri: "Te Uto O Te Ika A Maaui / T...
2 min
852
Dante Di Stefano: "Green Burial Unsonnet"
3 min
853
Li Bai: "Songs to the Peonies Sung to the Air: ...
5 min
854
Chandanie Somwaru: "Doodhpitty // Cidium"
3 min
855
Hala Alyan: "Siri as Mother"
3 min
856
Jake Eduardo Vermaas: "[ode to the water beneat...
3 min
857
Angela Peñaredondo: "harvest"
4 min
858
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "First Time Brushing Tee...
2 min
859
Sarah McCartt-Jackson: "Borrow"
2 min
860
Moses ibn Ezra: “Nachum: Spring Songs”
8 min
861
Donovan Kūhiō Colleps: "He Mea Māloʻeloʻe #3"
4 min
862
Grace Iwashita-Taylor: "Default Taupou"
3 min
863
Hari Alluri: "Spiral"
2 min
864
Roger Reeves: "Prayer to the Gods of the Night,...
3 min
865
Guest Editor Interview: May 2024 Guest Editor N...
14 min
866
David Mura: "The Reasons"
2 min
867
Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
868
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
869
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
870
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
871
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
872
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
873
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
874
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
875
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min