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
1226
Peter Streckfus: "Chorus"
4 min
1227
Nikki Wallschlaeger: "Cows in the Evening"
3 min
1228
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
1229
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min
1230
Arno Holz: from "Phantasus"
3 min
1231
Thomas Hardy: "Snow in the Suburbs"
3 min
1232
Jenny Xie: "Abstract with Red Square"
3 min
1233
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
1234
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min
1235
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
1236
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
1237
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
1238
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
1239
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
1240
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min
1241
Cintia Santana: "apocalyptic lyric"
3 min
1242
Dan Beachy-Quick: "Onta"
3 min
1243
Chloe Garcia Roberts: Rendering from “Historia ...
3 min
1244
Nancy Cunard: from "Parallax"
3 min
1245
Louise Bogan: "A Tale"
3 min
1246
Cynthia Cruz: "Deathscape Lullaby"
2 min
1247
Mark Irwin: "Nike of Samothrace"
3 min
1248
A. Van Jordan: "Grandfather"
4 min
1249
Sherwin Bitsui: "Triptych"
3 min
1250
Henri Cole: "At Sixty-Five"
3 min