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.
1051
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
1052
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1053
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1054
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1055
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1056
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
1057
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
1058
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
1059
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
1060
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
1061
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
1062
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
1063
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
1064
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
1065
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
1066
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
1067
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
1068
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
1069
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
1070
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
1071
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
1072
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
1073
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
1074
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
1075
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min