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
Hilda Conkling: "Gift"
3 min
1002
John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
1003
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
1004
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
1005
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
1006
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
1007
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
1008
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
1009
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
1010
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
1011
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
1012
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
1013
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
1014
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
1015
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1016
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1017
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1018
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1019
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
1020
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
1021
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
1022
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
1023
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
1024
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
1025
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min