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
Léonie Adams: "A Gull Goes Up"
3 min
1052
Renia White: "off the shore of oneself as in . ...
2 min
1053
Rob Greene: "To the Young Second Lieutenant Sta...
3 min
1054
Sarah Cooper: "Elastic Love Contrapuntal"
4 min
1055
Leila Chatti: "I Went Out to Hear"
3 min
1056
Urayoán Noel: "cinquains written during a tropi...
4 min
1057
Francis Thompson: "New Year's Chimes"
6 min
1058
Guest Editor Interview: January 2023 Guest Edit...
13 min
1059
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "The Death of the Old Year"
5 min
1060
Jim Moore: "The Need Is So Great"
3 min
1061
Peter Streckfus: "Chorus"
4 min
1062
Nikki Wallschlaeger: "Cows in the Evening"
3 min
1063
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
1064
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min
1065
Arno Holz: from "Phantasus"
3 min
1066
Thomas Hardy: "Snow in the Suburbs"
3 min
1067
Jenny Xie: "Abstract with Red Square"
3 min
1068
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
1069
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min
1070
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
1071
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
1072
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
1073
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
1074
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
1075
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min