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