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.
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Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
1202
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
1203
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
1204
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
1205
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
1206
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
1207
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min
1208
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
1209
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
1210
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
1211
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
1212
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
1213
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
1214
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
1215
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
1216
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
1217
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1218
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1219
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1220
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1221
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1222
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1223
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1224
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1225
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min