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
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
1127
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
1128
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
1129
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
1130
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
1131
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
1132
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1133
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1134
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1135
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1136
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
1137
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
1138
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
1139
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
1140
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
1141
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
1142
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
1143
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
1144
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
1145
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
1146
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
1147
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
1148
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
1149
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
1150
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min