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
651
Jim Moore: "The Need Is So Great"
3 min
652
Peter Streckfus: "Chorus"
4 min
653
Nikki Wallschlaeger: "Cows in the Evening"
3 min
654
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
655
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min
656
Arno Holz: from "Phantasus"
3 min
657
Thomas Hardy: "Snow in the Suburbs"
3 min
658
Jenny Xie: "Abstract with Red Square"
3 min
659
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
660
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min
661
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
662
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
663
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
664
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
665
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
666
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min
667
Cintia Santana: "apocalyptic lyric"
3 min
668
Dan Beachy-Quick: "Onta"
3 min
669
Chloe Garcia Roberts: Rendering from “Historia ...
3 min
670
Nancy Cunard: from "Parallax"
3 min
671
Louise Bogan: "A Tale"
3 min
672
Cynthia Cruz: "Deathscape Lullaby"
2 min
673
Mark Irwin: "Nike of Samothrace"
3 min
674
A. Van Jordan: "Grandfather"
4 min
675
Sherwin Bitsui: "Triptych"
3 min