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
1126
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
1127
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
1128
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1129
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1130
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1131
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1132
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
1133
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
1134
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
1135
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
1136
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
1137
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
1138
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
1139
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
1140
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
1141
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
1142
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
1143
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
1144
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
1145
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
1146
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
1147
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
1148
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
1149
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
1150
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min