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
Jim Moore: "The Need Is So Great"
3 min
1327
Peter Streckfus: "Chorus"
4 min
1328
Nikki Wallschlaeger: "Cows in the Evening"
3 min
1329
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
1330
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min
1331
Arno Holz: from "Phantasus"
3 min
1332
Thomas Hardy: "Snow in the Suburbs"
3 min
1333
Jenny Xie: "Abstract with Red Square"
3 min
1334
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
1335
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min
1336
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
1337
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
1338
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
1339
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
1340
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
1341
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min
1342
Cintia Santana: "apocalyptic lyric"
3 min
1343
Dan Beachy-Quick: "Onta"
3 min
1344
Chloe Garcia Roberts: Rendering from “Historia ...
3 min
1345
Nancy Cunard: from "Parallax"
3 min
1346
Louise Bogan: "A Tale"
3 min
1347
Cynthia Cruz: "Deathscape Lullaby"
2 min
1348
Mark Irwin: "Nike of Samothrace"
3 min
1349
A. Van Jordan: "Grandfather"
4 min
1350
Sherwin Bitsui: "Triptych"
3 min