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