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
1351
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1352
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1353
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1354
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1355
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
1356
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
1357
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
1358
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
1359
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
1360
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
1361
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
1362
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
1363
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
1364
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
1365
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
1366
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
1367
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min
1368
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
1369
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
1370
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
1371
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
1372
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
1373
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
1374
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min
1375
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min