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
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
1052
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min
1053
Arno Holz: from "Phantasus"
3 min
1054
Thomas Hardy: "Snow in the Suburbs"
3 min
1055
Jenny Xie: "Abstract with Red Square"
3 min
1056
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
1057
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min
1058
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
1059
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
1060
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
1061
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
1062
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
1063
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min
1064
Cintia Santana: "apocalyptic lyric"
3 min
1065
Dan Beachy-Quick: "Onta"
3 min
1066
Chloe Garcia Roberts: Rendering from “Historia ...
3 min
1067
Nancy Cunard: from "Parallax"
3 min
1068
Louise Bogan: "A Tale"
3 min
1069
Cynthia Cruz: "Deathscape Lullaby"
2 min
1070
Mark Irwin: "Nike of Samothrace"
3 min
1071
A. Van Jordan: "Grandfather"
4 min
1072
Sherwin Bitsui: "Triptych"
3 min
1073
Henri Cole: "At Sixty-Five"
3 min
1074
Robert Frost: "The Aim Was Song"
2 min
1075
Emily Brontë: "To a Wreath of Snow"
4 min