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
1251
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
1252
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
1253
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
1254
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
1255
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
1256
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min
1257
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
1258
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
1259
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
1260
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
1261
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
1262
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
1263
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
1264
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
1265
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
1266
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1267
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1268
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1269
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1270
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1271
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1272
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1273
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1274
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1275
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min