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
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A. H. Jerriod Avant: "Who Can Govern Themselves...
3 min
652
K. D. Harryman: "Whipping"
2 min
653
Karisma Price: "Castnet Seafood"
4 min
654
Matthew Wimberley: "Materials for a Gravestone ...
4 min
655
Paige Lewis: "I'm Not Faking My Astonishment, H...
2 min
656
John Crowe Ransom: "Winter Remembered"
3 min
657
Léonie Adams: "A Gull Goes Up"
3 min
658
Renia White: "off the shore of oneself as in . ...
2 min
659
Rob Greene: "To the Young Second Lieutenant Sta...
3 min
660
Sarah Cooper: "Elastic Love Contrapuntal"
4 min
661
Leila Chatti: "I Went Out to Hear"
3 min
662
Urayoán Noel: "cinquains written during a tropi...
4 min
663
Francis Thompson: "New Year's Chimes"
6 min
664
Guest Editor Interview: January 2023 Guest Edit...
13 min
665
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "The Death of the Old Year"
5 min
666
Jim Moore: "The Need Is So Great"
3 min
667
Peter Streckfus: "Chorus"
4 min
668
Nikki Wallschlaeger: "Cows in the Evening"
3 min
669
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
670
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min
671
Arno Holz: from "Phantasus"
3 min
672
Thomas Hardy: "Snow in the Suburbs"
3 min
673
Jenny Xie: "Abstract with Red Square"
3 min
674
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
675
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min