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
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Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
2 min
1377
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows fro...
4 min
1378
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
4 min
1379
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
3 min
1380
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
3 min
1381
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
1382
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min
1383
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
1384
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
1385
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
1386
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
1387
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
1388
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
1389
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
1390
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
1391
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
1392
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1393
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1394
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1395
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1396
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1397
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1398
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1399
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1400
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min