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
1376
Jim Moore: "The Need Is So Great"
3 min
1377
Peter Streckfus: "Chorus"
4 min
1378
Nikki Wallschlaeger: "Cows in the Evening"
3 min
1379
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
1380
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min
1381
Arno Holz: from "Phantasus"
3 min
1382
Thomas Hardy: "Snow in the Suburbs"
3 min
1383
Jenny Xie: "Abstract with Red Square"
3 min
1384
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
1385
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min
1386
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
1387
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
1388
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
1389
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
1390
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
1391
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min
1392
Cintia Santana: "apocalyptic lyric"
3 min
1393
Dan Beachy-Quick: "Onta"
3 min
1394
Chloe Garcia Roberts: Rendering from “Historia ...
3 min
1395
Nancy Cunard: from "Parallax"
3 min
1396
Louise Bogan: "A Tale"
3 min
1397
Cynthia Cruz: "Deathscape Lullaby"
2 min
1398
Mark Irwin: "Nike of Samothrace"
3 min
1399
A. Van Jordan: "Grandfather"
4 min
1400
Sherwin Bitsui: "Triptych"
3 min