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