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
976
Leila Chatti: "I Went Out to Hear"
3 min
977
Urayoán Noel: "cinquains written during a tropi...
4 min
978
Francis Thompson: "New Year's Chimes"
6 min
979
Guest Editor Interview: January 2023 Guest Edit...
13 min
980
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "The Death of the Old Year"
5 min
981
Jim Moore: "The Need Is So Great"
3 min
982
Peter Streckfus: "Chorus"
4 min
983
Nikki Wallschlaeger: "Cows in the Evening"
3 min
984
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
985
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min
986
Arno Holz: from "Phantasus"
3 min
987
Thomas Hardy: "Snow in the Suburbs"
3 min
988
Jenny Xie: "Abstract with Red Square"
3 min
989
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
990
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min
991
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
992
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
993
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
994
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
995
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
996
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min
997
Cintia Santana: "apocalyptic lyric"
3 min
998
Dan Beachy-Quick: "Onta"
3 min
999
Chloe Garcia Roberts: Rendering from “Historia ...
3 min
1000
Nancy Cunard: from "Parallax"
3 min