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
1276
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "The Death of the Old Year"
5 min
1277
Jim Moore: "The Need Is So Great"
3 min
1278
Peter Streckfus: "Chorus"
4 min
1279
Nikki Wallschlaeger: "Cows in the Evening"
3 min
1280
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
1281
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min
1282
Arno Holz: from "Phantasus"
3 min
1283
Thomas Hardy: "Snow in the Suburbs"
3 min
1284
Jenny Xie: "Abstract with Red Square"
3 min
1285
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
1286
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min
1287
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
1288
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
1289
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
1290
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
1291
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
1292
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min
1293
Cintia Santana: "apocalyptic lyric"
3 min
1294
Dan Beachy-Quick: "Onta"
3 min
1295
Chloe Garcia Roberts: Rendering from “Historia ...
3 min
1296
Nancy Cunard: from "Parallax"
3 min
1297
Louise Bogan: "A Tale"
3 min
1298
Cynthia Cruz: "Deathscape Lullaby"
2 min
1299
Mark Irwin: "Nike of Samothrace"
3 min
1300
A. Van Jordan: "Grandfather"
4 min