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
551
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
552
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
553
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
554
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
555
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
556
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
557
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
558
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
559
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
560
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
561
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
562
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
563
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
564
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
565
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
566
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
567
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
568
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
569
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
570
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min
571
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
572
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
573
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
574
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
575
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min