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.
1126
RK Fauth: "Playing with Bees"
3 min
1127
Kevin Young: "Ledge"
3 min
1128
Rebecca Lindenberg: "The Splendid Body"
4 min
1129
Ross Gay: "Throwing Children"
3 min
1130
Ansel Elkins: "Someone Forgot to Whisper Your D...
4 min
1131
Natalie Diaz: "Alchemy Horse"
8 min
1132
Hilda Conkling: "Gift"
3 min
1133
John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
1134
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
1135
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
1136
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
1137
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
1138
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
1139
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
1140
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
1141
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
1142
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
1143
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
1144
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
1145
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
1146
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1147
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1148
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1149
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1150
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min