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