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