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
201
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
202
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
203
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
204
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
205
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
206
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
207
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
208
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
209
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
210
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
211
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
212
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
213
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
214
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
215
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
216
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
217
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
218
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
219
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min
220
Joanna Klink: "A Welcome"
4 min
221
Abu Nuwas: "[O Málik! I pray thee go for the wi...
5 min
222
Donika Kelly: "When the Fact of Your Gaze Means...
3 min
223
Alessandra Lynch: "[The lamp is like a capsized...
3 min
224
Cecilia Woloch: "Prayer for 2018"
3 min
225
Divya Victor: "Make/Do"
4 min