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
Peter Streckfus: "Chorus"
4 min
952
Nikki Wallschlaeger: "Cows in the Evening"
3 min
953
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
954
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min
955
Arno Holz: from "Phantasus"
3 min
956
Thomas Hardy: "Snow in the Suburbs"
3 min
957
Jenny Xie: "Abstract with Red Square"
3 min
958
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
959
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min
960
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
961
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
962
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
963
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
964
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
965
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min
966
Cintia Santana: "apocalyptic lyric"
3 min
967
Dan Beachy-Quick: "Onta"
3 min
968
Chloe Garcia Roberts: Rendering from “Historia ...
3 min
969
Nancy Cunard: from "Parallax"
3 min
970
Louise Bogan: "A Tale"
3 min
971
Cynthia Cruz: "Deathscape Lullaby"
2 min
972
Mark Irwin: "Nike of Samothrace"
3 min
973
A. Van Jordan: "Grandfather"
4 min
974
Sherwin Bitsui: "Triptych"
3 min
975
Henri Cole: "At Sixty-Five"
3 min