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
401
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
402
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
403
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
404
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
405
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
406
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
407
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
408
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
409
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
410
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
411
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
412
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
413
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
414
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
415
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
416
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
417
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
418
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
419
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
420
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
421
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
422
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
423
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
424
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
425
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min