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
1301
Leila Chatti: "I Went Out to Hear"
3 min
1302
Urayoán Noel: "cinquains written during a tropi...
4 min
1303
Francis Thompson: "New Year's Chimes"
6 min
1304
Guest Editor Interview: January 2023 Guest Edit...
13 min
1305
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "The Death of the Old Year"
5 min
1306
Jim Moore: "The Need Is So Great"
3 min
1307
Peter Streckfus: "Chorus"
4 min
1308
Nikki Wallschlaeger: "Cows in the Evening"
3 min
1309
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
1310
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min
1311
Arno Holz: from "Phantasus"
3 min
1312
Thomas Hardy: "Snow in the Suburbs"
3 min
1313
Jenny Xie: "Abstract with Red Square"
3 min
1314
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
1315
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min
1316
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
1317
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
1318
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
1319
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
1320
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
1321
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min
1322
Cintia Santana: "apocalyptic lyric"
3 min
1323
Dan Beachy-Quick: "Onta"
3 min
1324
Chloe Garcia Roberts: Rendering from “Historia ...
3 min
1325
Nancy Cunard: from "Parallax"
3 min