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
876
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
877
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
878
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
879
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
880
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
881
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
882
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
883
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
884
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
885
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
886
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
887
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
888
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
889
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
890
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
891
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
892
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
893
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
894
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
895
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
896
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
897
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
898
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
899
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
900
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min