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
1201
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
1202
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
1203
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
1204
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
1205
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
1206
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1207
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1208
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1209
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1210
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
1211
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
1212
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
1213
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
1214
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
1215
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
1216
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
1217
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
1218
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
1219
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
1220
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
1221
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
1222
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
1223
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
1224
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
1225
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min