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.

Books
1026
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
1027
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
1028
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
1029
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
1030
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
1031
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
1032
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
1033
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
1034
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
1035
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
1036
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
1037
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
1038
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
1039
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
1040
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
1041
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min
1042
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
1043
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
1044
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
1045
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
1046
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
1047
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
1048
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
1049
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
1050
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min