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.
1176
Ansel Elkins: "Someone Forgot to Whisper Your D...
4 min
1177
Natalie Diaz: "Alchemy Horse"
8 min
1178
Hilda Conkling: "Gift"
3 min
1179
John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
1180
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
1181
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
1182
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
1183
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
1184
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
1185
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
1186
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
1187
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
1188
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
1189
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
1190
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
1191
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
1192
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1193
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1194
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1195
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1196
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
1197
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
1198
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
1199
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
1200
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min