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
826
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
827
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
828
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
829
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
830
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
831
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
832
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
833
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
834
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
835
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
836
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
837
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
838
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
839
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
840
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
841
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
842
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min
843
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
844
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
845
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
846
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
847
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
848
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
849
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
850
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min