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
1651
Ngaio Simmons: "Whānau"
4 min
1652
Evelyn Flores: "The Flame Tree"
3 min
1653
Charles Reznikoff: "[The city breaks in houses ...
2 min
1654
Nisha Atalie: "Do/Do Not"
3 min
1655
Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio: "For Mauna a W...
4 min
1656
Penina Ava Taesali: from "What kind of times ar...
5 min
1657
Craig Santos Perez: "Love in a Time of Covid-19"
3 min
1658
Dana Naone Hall: "Remembering"
2 min
1659
Joe Balaz: "Message to My Sistah"
3 min
1660
Guest Editor Interview: May 2022 Guest Editor B...
20 min
1661
Yvor Winters: "The Moonlight"
1 min
1662
Liza Katz Duncan: "Apostrophe"
2 min
1663
C. Prudence Arceneaux: "Menopause"
4 min
1664
Clemonce Heard: "The United States of Montessori"
3 min
1665
Kim Stafford: "For the Bird Singing before Dawn"
3 min
1666
Matt Gonzalez: "Remember the Puns & Brashbrandy"
3 min
1667
Deema K. Shehabi: "Vista"
3 min
1668
Jamil B. Holway: "Throbbings"
3 min
1669
KB Brookins: "Good Grief"
7 min
1670
Nathalie Handal: "The City"
3 min
1671
Zeina Hashem Beck: "Time,"
4 min
1672
Michael Simms: "Imperfect"
2 min
1673
Cyrus Cassells: "Guitarrero!"
4 min
1674
Home: "Ken Cockburn"
2 min
1675
Evelyn Scott: "From Brooklyn"
1 min