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
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
1127
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
1128
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
1129
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
1130
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
1131
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
1132
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min
1133
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
1134
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
1135
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
1136
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
1137
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
1138
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
1139
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
1140
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
1141
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
1142
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1143
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1144
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1145
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1146
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1147
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1148
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1149
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1150
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min