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
926
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
927
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
928
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
929
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
930
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
931
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
932
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min
933
Kamini Roy: "In the Light"
4 min
934
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger: "Midmorning"
3 min
935
Rajiv Mohabir: "Water-Owl, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale"
5 min
936
Aimee Suzara: "Birthing Woman as Viscera-Sucker"
4 min
937
Bao Phi: "To The People Who Have Resisted the U...
4 min
938
Anjoli Roy: "Last"
4 min
939
Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner: "Kaōnōn"
2 min
940
Tu Fu: "The Excursion"
5 min
941
Solomon ibn Gabirol: "Night-Piece"
5 min
942
Kay Ulanday Barrett: "Duplex for the Sick & Tired"
3 min
943
Marisa Lin: "Tiananmen Square, 1989"
5 min
944
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "We Live We Live"
8 min
945
Lehua M. Taitano: "When The World Falls in Arou...
5 min
946
essa may ranapiri: "Te Uto O Te Ika A Maaui / T...
2 min
947
Dante Di Stefano: "Green Burial Unsonnet"
3 min
948
Li Bai: "Songs to the Peonies Sung to the Air: ...
5 min
949
Chandanie Somwaru: "Doodhpitty // Cidium"
3 min
950
Hala Alyan: "Siri as Mother"
3 min