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
1001
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "The Death of the Old Year"
5 min
1002
Jim Moore: "The Need Is So Great"
3 min
1003
Peter Streckfus: "Chorus"
4 min
1004
Nikki Wallschlaeger: "Cows in the Evening"
3 min
1005
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
1006
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min
1007
Arno Holz: from "Phantasus"
3 min
1008
Thomas Hardy: "Snow in the Suburbs"
3 min
1009
Jenny Xie: "Abstract with Red Square"
3 min
1010
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
1011
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min
1012
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
1013
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
1014
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
1015
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
1016
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
1017
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min
1018
Cintia Santana: "apocalyptic lyric"
3 min
1019
Dan Beachy-Quick: "Onta"
3 min
1020
Chloe Garcia Roberts: Rendering from “Historia ...
3 min
1021
Nancy Cunard: from "Parallax"
3 min
1022
Louise Bogan: "A Tale"
3 min
1023
Cynthia Cruz: "Deathscape Lullaby"
2 min
1024
Mark Irwin: "Nike of Samothrace"
3 min
1025
A. Van Jordan: "Grandfather"
4 min