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