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
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
1352
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
1353
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
1354
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
1355
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
1356
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
1357
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
1358
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
1359
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1360
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1361
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1362
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1363
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
1364
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
1365
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
1366
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
1367
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
1368
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
1369
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
1370
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
1371
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
1372
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min
1373
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
3 min
1374
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
5 min
1375
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
3 min