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
Peter Streckfus: "Chorus"
4 min
1252
Nikki Wallschlaeger: "Cows in the Evening"
3 min
1253
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
1254
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min
1255
Arno Holz: from "Phantasus"
3 min
1256
Thomas Hardy: "Snow in the Suburbs"
3 min
1257
Jenny Xie: "Abstract with Red Square"
3 min
1258
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
1259
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min
1260
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
1261
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
1262
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
1263
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
1264
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
1265
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min
1266
Cintia Santana: "apocalyptic lyric"
3 min
1267
Dan Beachy-Quick: "Onta"
3 min
1268
Chloe Garcia Roberts: Rendering from “Historia ...
3 min
1269
Nancy Cunard: from "Parallax"
3 min
1270
Louise Bogan: "A Tale"
3 min
1271
Cynthia Cruz: "Deathscape Lullaby"
2 min
1272
Mark Irwin: "Nike of Samothrace"
3 min
1273
A. Van Jordan: "Grandfather"
4 min
1274
Sherwin Bitsui: "Triptych"
3 min
1275
Henri Cole: "At Sixty-Five"
3 min