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
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
902
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
903
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
904
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
905
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
906
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
907
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
908
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
909
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
910
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
911
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
912
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
913
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
914
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
915
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
916
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
917
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
918
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
919
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
920
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
921
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
922
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
923
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
924
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
925
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min