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
926
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
927
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
928
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
929
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
930
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
931
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
932
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
933
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
934
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
935
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
936
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
937
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
938
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
939
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
940
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
941
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
942
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
943
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
944
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
945
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min
946
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
947
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
948
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
949
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
950
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min