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
1101
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
1102
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
1103
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
1104
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
1105
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
1106
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
1107
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
1108
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
1109
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1110
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1111
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1112
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1113
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
1114
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
1115
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
1116
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
1117
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
1118
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
1119
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
1120
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
1121
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
1122
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
1123
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
1124
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
1125
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min