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
1176
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
1177
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
1178
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
1179
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
1180
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
1181
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
1182
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
1183
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
1184
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1185
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1186
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1187
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1188
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
1189
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
1190
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
1191
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
1192
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
1193
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
1194
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
1195
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
1196
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
1197
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
1198
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
1199
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
1200
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min