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
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
952
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
953
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
954
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
955
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
956
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
957
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
958
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
959
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
960
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
961
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
962
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
963
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
964
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
965
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
966
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
967
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
968
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
969
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
970
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
971
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
972
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
973
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
974
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
975
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min