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
1326
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1327
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1328
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1329
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1330
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
1331
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
1332
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
1333
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
1334
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
1335
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
1336
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
1337
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
1338
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
1339
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
1340
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
1341
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
1342
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
1343
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
1344
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
1345
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
1346
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
1347
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
1348
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
1349
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min
1350
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min