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
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
952
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
953
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
954
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
955
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
956
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
957
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
958
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
959
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
960
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
961
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
962
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
963
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
964
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
965
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
966
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
967
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min
968
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
969
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
970
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
971
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
972
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
973
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
974
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
975
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min