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.
1601
Christy Passion: "Waikīkī Returns"
3 min
1602
Donovan Kūhiō Colleps: "Our Red Road"
3 min
1603
Leora Kava: "pronunciation"
3 min
1604
Mahealani Perez-Wendt: "Lei Kukui, Lei Kuahu"
3 min
1605
Ono no Komachi: "[The flowers and my love,]"
1 min
1606
Sadakichi Hartmann: "Nocturne"
3 min
1607
Emelihter Kihleng: "Envy"
2 min
1608
leilani portillo: "in our chant of the creation...
4 min
1609
Imaikalani Kalahele: "Contact Zone"
2 min
1610
Ngaio Simmons: "Whānau"
4 min
1611
Evelyn Flores: "The Flame Tree"
3 min
1612
Charles Reznikoff: "[The city breaks in houses ...
2 min
1613
Nisha Atalie: "Do/Do Not"
3 min
1614
Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio: "For Mauna a W...
4 min
1615
Penina Ava Taesali: from "What kind of times ar...
5 min
1616
Craig Santos Perez: "Love in a Time of Covid-19"
3 min
1617
Dana Naone Hall: "Remembering"
2 min
1618
Joe Balaz: "Message to My Sistah"
3 min
1619
Guest Editor Interview: May 2022 Guest Editor B...
20 min
1620
Yvor Winters: "The Moonlight"
1 min
1621
Liza Katz Duncan: "Apostrophe"
2 min
1622
C. Prudence Arceneaux: "Menopause"
4 min
1623
Clemonce Heard: "The United States of Montessori"
3 min
1624
Kim Stafford: "For the Bird Singing before Dawn"
3 min
1625
Matt Gonzalez: "Remember the Puns & Brashbrandy"
3 min