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
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
877
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
878
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
879
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
880
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
881
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
882
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
883
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
884
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
885
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
886
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
887
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
888
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
889
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
890
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
891
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
892
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
893
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
894
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
895
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
896
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
897
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
898
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
899
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
900
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min