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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
976
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
977
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
978
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
979
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
980
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
981
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
982
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
983
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
984
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
985
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
986
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
987
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
988
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
989
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
990
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
991
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
992
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
993
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
994
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
995
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
996
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
997
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
998
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
999
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min
1000
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min