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
1051
Leila Chatti: "I Went Out to Hear"
3 min
1052
Urayoán Noel: "cinquains written during a tropi...
4 min
1053
Francis Thompson: "New Year's Chimes"
6 min
1054
Guest Editor Interview: January 2023 Guest Edit...
13 min
1055
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "The Death of the Old Year"
5 min
1056
Jim Moore: "The Need Is So Great"
3 min
1057
Peter Streckfus: "Chorus"
4 min
1058
Nikki Wallschlaeger: "Cows in the Evening"
3 min
1059
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
1060
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min
1061
Arno Holz: from "Phantasus"
3 min
1062
Thomas Hardy: "Snow in the Suburbs"
3 min
1063
Jenny Xie: "Abstract with Red Square"
3 min
1064
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
1065
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min
1066
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
1067
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
1068
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
1069
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
1070
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
1071
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min
1072
Cintia Santana: "apocalyptic lyric"
3 min
1073
Dan Beachy-Quick: "Onta"
3 min
1074
Chloe Garcia Roberts: Rendering from “Historia ...
3 min
1075
Nancy Cunard: from "Parallax"
3 min