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
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
552
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
553
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
554
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
555
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
556
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
557
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
558
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
559
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
560
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
561
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
562
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
563
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
564
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
565
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
566
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
567
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
568
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
569
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
570
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
571
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
572
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
573
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
574
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
575
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min