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.

Books
1301
Leora Kava: "pronunciation"
3 min
1302
Mahealani Perez-Wendt: "Lei Kukui, Lei Kuahu"
3 min
1303
Ono no Komachi: "[The flowers and my love,]"
1 min
1304
Sadakichi Hartmann: "Nocturne"
3 min
1305
Emelihter Kihleng: "Envy"
2 min
1306
leilani portillo: "in our chant of the creation...
4 min
1307
Imaikalani Kalahele: "Contact Zone"
2 min
1308
Ngaio Simmons: "Whānau"
4 min
1309
Evelyn Flores: "The Flame Tree"
3 min
1310
Charles Reznikoff: "[The city breaks in houses ...
2 min
1311
Nisha Atalie: "Do/Do Not"
3 min
1312
Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio: "For Mauna a W...
4 min
1313
Penina Ava Taesali: from "What kind of times ar...
5 min
1314
Craig Santos Perez: "Love in a Time of Covid-19"
3 min
1315
Dana Naone Hall: "Remembering"
2 min
1316
Joe Balaz: "Message to My Sistah"
3 min
1317
Yvor Winters: "The Moonlight"
1 min
1318
Guest Editor Interview: May 2022 Guest Editor B...
20 min
1319
Liza Katz Duncan: "Apostrophe"
2 min
1320
C. Prudence Arceneaux: "Menopause"
4 min
1321
Clemonce Heard: "The United States of Montessori"
3 min
1322
Kim Stafford: "For the Bird Singing before Dawn"
3 min
1323
Matt Gonzalez: "Remember the Puns & Brashbrandy"
3 min
1324
Deema K. Shehabi: "Vista"
3 min
1325
Jamil B. Holway: "Throbbings"
3 min