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