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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
251
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
252
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
253
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
254
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
255
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
256
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
257
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
258
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
259
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
260
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
261
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
262
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
263
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
264
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
265
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
266
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
267
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
268
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
269
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
270
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
271
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
272
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
273
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
274
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
275
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min