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.
901
Ansel Elkins: "Someone Forgot to Whisper Your D...
4 min
902
Natalie Diaz: "Alchemy Horse"
8 min
903
Hilda Conkling: "Gift"
3 min
904
John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
905
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
906
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
907
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
908
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
909
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
910
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
911
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
912
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
913
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
914
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
915
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
916
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
917
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
918
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
919
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
920
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
921
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
922
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
923
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
924
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
925
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min