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
951
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
952
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
953
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
954
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
955
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
956
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
957
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min
958
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
959
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
960
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
961
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
962
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
963
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
964
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
965
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
966
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
967
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
968
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
969
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
970
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
971
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
972
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
973
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
974
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
975
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min