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
776
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
777
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
778
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
779
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
780
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
781
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
782
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
783
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
784
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
785
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
786
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
787
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
788
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
789
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
790
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
791
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min
792
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
793
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
794
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
795
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
796
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
797
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
798
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
799
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
800
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min