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
901
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
902
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
903
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
904
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
905
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
906
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
907
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
908
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
909
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
910
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
911
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
912
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
913
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
914
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
915
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
916
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
917
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
918
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
919
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
920
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
921
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min
922
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
923
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
924
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
925
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min