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
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
1002
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min
1003
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
1004
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
1005
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
1006
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
1007
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
1008
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min
1009
Cintia Santana: "apocalyptic lyric"
3 min
1010
Dan Beachy-Quick: "Onta"
3 min
1011
Chloe Garcia Roberts: Rendering from “Historia ...
3 min
1012
Nancy Cunard: from "Parallax"
3 min
1013
Louise Bogan: "A Tale"
3 min
1014
Cynthia Cruz: "Deathscape Lullaby"
2 min
1015
Mark Irwin: "Nike of Samothrace"
3 min
1016
A. Van Jordan: "Grandfather"
4 min
1017
Sherwin Bitsui: "Triptych"
3 min
1018
Henri Cole: "At Sixty-Five"
3 min
1019
Robert Frost: "The Aim Was Song"
2 min
1020
Emily Brontë: "To a Wreath of Snow"
4 min
1021
Jenny George: "Sunflowers"
2 min
1022
dg nanouk okpik: "Inupiaq Women"
4 min
1023
Guest Editor Interview: December 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1024
Victoriano Cárdenas: "Still Life of Cárdenas Ha...
3 min
1025
George Abraham: "Unarcheology of 'Father'"
6 min