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
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
1252
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
1253
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
1254
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
1255
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
1256
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
1257
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
1258
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
1259
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
1260
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
1261
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
1262
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
1263
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
1264
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
1265
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
1266
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
1267
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
1268
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
1269
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
1270
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min
1271
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
1272
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
1273
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
1274
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
1275
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min