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.
826
RK Fauth: "Playing with Bees"
3 min
827
Kevin Young: "Ledge"
3 min
828
Rebecca Lindenberg: "The Splendid Body"
4 min
829
Ross Gay: "Throwing Children"
3 min
830
Ansel Elkins: "Someone Forgot to Whisper Your D...
4 min
831
Natalie Diaz: "Alchemy Horse"
8 min
832
Hilda Conkling: "Gift"
3 min
833
John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
834
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
835
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
836
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
837
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
838
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
839
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
840
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
841
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
842
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
843
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
844
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
845
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
846
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
847
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
848
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
849
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
850
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min