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
Leila Chatti: "I Went Out to Hear"
3 min
1227
Urayoán Noel: "cinquains written during a tropi...
4 min
1228
Francis Thompson: "New Year's Chimes"
6 min
1229
Guest Editor Interview: January 2023 Guest Edit...
13 min
1230
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "The Death of the Old Year"
5 min
1231
Jim Moore: "The Need Is So Great"
3 min
1232
Peter Streckfus: "Chorus"
4 min
1233
Nikki Wallschlaeger: "Cows in the Evening"
3 min
1234
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
1235
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min
1236
Arno Holz: from "Phantasus"
3 min
1237
Thomas Hardy: "Snow in the Suburbs"
3 min
1238
Jenny Xie: "Abstract with Red Square"
3 min
1239
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
1240
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min
1241
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
1242
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
1243
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
1244
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
1245
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
1246
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min
1247
Cintia Santana: "apocalyptic lyric"
3 min
1248
Dan Beachy-Quick: "Onta"
3 min
1249
Chloe Garcia Roberts: Rendering from “Historia ...
3 min
1250
Nancy Cunard: from "Parallax"
3 min