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.
1201
RK Fauth: "Playing with Bees"
3 min
1202
Kevin Young: "Ledge"
3 min
1203
Rebecca Lindenberg: "The Splendid Body"
4 min
1204
Ross Gay: "Throwing Children"
3 min
1205
Ansel Elkins: "Someone Forgot to Whisper Your D...
4 min
1206
Natalie Diaz: "Alchemy Horse"
8 min
1207
Hilda Conkling: "Gift"
3 min
1208
John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
1209
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
1210
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
1211
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
1212
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
1213
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
1214
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
1215
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
1216
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
1217
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
1218
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
1219
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
1220
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
1221
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1222
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1223
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1224
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1225
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min