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
Rob Greene: "To the Young Second Lieutenant Sta...
3 min
1377
Sarah Cooper: "Elastic Love Contrapuntal"
4 min
1378
Leila Chatti: "I Went Out to Hear"
3 min
1379
Urayoán Noel: "cinquains written during a tropi...
4 min
1380
Francis Thompson: "New Year's Chimes"
6 min
1381
Guest Editor Interview: January 2023 Guest Edit...
13 min
1382
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "The Death of the Old Year"
5 min
1383
Jim Moore: "The Need Is So Great"
3 min
1384
Peter Streckfus: "Chorus"
4 min
1385
Nikki Wallschlaeger: "Cows in the Evening"
3 min
1386
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
1387
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min
1388
Arno Holz: from "Phantasus"
3 min
1389
Thomas Hardy: "Snow in the Suburbs"
3 min
1390
Jenny Xie: "Abstract with Red Square"
3 min
1391
Monica Sok: "Retirement"
3 min
1392
Anne Haven McDonnell: "Owl"
3 min
1393
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
1394
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
1395
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
1396
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
1397
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
1398
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min
1399
Cintia Santana: "apocalyptic lyric"
3 min
1400
Dan Beachy-Quick: "Onta"
3 min