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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1226
Donovan Kūhiō Colleps: "Our Red Road"
3 min
1227
Leora Kava: "pronunciation"
3 min
1228
Mahealani Perez-Wendt: "Lei Kukui, Lei Kuahu"
3 min
1229
Ono no Komachi: "[The flowers and my love,]"
1 min
1230
Sadakichi Hartmann: "Nocturne"
3 min
1231
Emelihter Kihleng: "Envy"
2 min
1232
leilani portillo: "in our chant of the creation...
4 min
1233
Imaikalani Kalahele: "Contact Zone"
2 min
1234
Ngaio Simmons: "Whānau"
4 min
1235
Evelyn Flores: "The Flame Tree"
3 min
1236
Charles Reznikoff: "[The city breaks in houses ...
2 min
1237
Nisha Atalie: "Do/Do Not"
3 min
1238
Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio: "For Mauna a W...
4 min
1239
Penina Ava Taesali: from "What kind of times ar...
5 min
1240
Craig Santos Perez: "Love in a Time of Covid-19"
3 min
1241
Dana Naone Hall: "Remembering"
2 min
1242
Joe Balaz: "Message to My Sistah"
3 min
1243
Guest Editor Interview: May 2022 Guest Editor B...
20 min
1244
Yvor Winters: "The Moonlight"
1 min
1245
Liza Katz Duncan: "Apostrophe"
2 min
1246
C. Prudence Arceneaux: "Menopause"
4 min
1247
Clemonce Heard: "The United States of Montessori"
3 min
1248
Kim Stafford: "For the Bird Singing before Dawn"
3 min
1249
Matt Gonzalez: "Remember the Puns & Brashbrandy"
3 min
1250
Deema K. Shehabi: "Vista"
3 min