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.
1001
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
1002
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1003
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1004
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1005
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1006
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
1007
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
1008
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
1009
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
1010
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
1011
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
1012
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
1013
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
1014
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
1015
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
1016
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
1017
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
1018
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
1019
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
1020
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
1021
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
1022
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
1023
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
1024
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
1025
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min