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.
1151
Ross Gay: "Throwing Children"
3 min
1152
Ansel Elkins: "Someone Forgot to Whisper Your D...
4 min
1153
Natalie Diaz: "Alchemy Horse"
8 min
1154
Hilda Conkling: "Gift"
3 min
1155
John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
1156
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
1157
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
1158
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
1159
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
1160
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
1161
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
1162
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
1163
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
1164
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
1165
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
1166
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
1167
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
1168
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1169
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1170
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1171
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1172
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
1173
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
1174
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
1175
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min