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
Jim Moore: "The Need Is So Great"
3 min
1302
Peter Streckfus: "Chorus"
4 min
1303
Nikki Wallschlaeger: "Cows in the Evening"
3 min
1304
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
1305
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min
1306
Arno Holz: from "Phantasus"
3 min
1307
Thomas Hardy: "Snow in the Suburbs"
3 min
1308
Jenny Xie: "Abstract with Red Square"
3 min
1309
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
1310
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min
1311
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
1312
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
1313
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
1314
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
1315
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
1316
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min
1317
Cintia Santana: "apocalyptic lyric"
3 min
1318
Dan Beachy-Quick: "Onta"
3 min
1319
Chloe Garcia Roberts: Rendering from “Historia ...
3 min
1320
Nancy Cunard: from "Parallax"
3 min
1321
Louise Bogan: "A Tale"
3 min
1322
Cynthia Cruz: "Deathscape Lullaby"
2 min
1323
Mark Irwin: "Nike of Samothrace"
3 min
1324
A. Van Jordan: "Grandfather"
4 min
1325
Sherwin Bitsui: "Triptych"
3 min