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
451
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
452
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
453
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
454
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
455
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
456
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
457
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
458
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min
459
Emily Dickinson: "One Year ago—jots what? (296)"
4 min
460
Wilfred Owen: "Winter Song"
3 min
461
Guest Editor Interview: January 2024 Guest Edit...
15 min
462
Cal Bedient: "Expulsion"
4 min
463
Harryette Mullen: "Weathering Hate"
3 min
464
Lynn Xu: "[Sun-messenger]"
2 min
465
Brenda Hillman: "Porcelain Musician in a Child’...
3 min
466
Timothy Donnelly: "Habitable Nebula"
3 min
467
T. S. Eliot: "Journey of the Magi"
4 min
468
Christina Rossetti: "[A rose has thorns as well...
3 min
469
Juliana Huxtable: "KEY AND STRING"
3 min
470
Ariana Reines: "The Economy"
6 min
471
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "The Patient Ones"
2 min
472
Mónica de la Torre: "Theorem of Sorts"
5 min
473
Jericho Brown: "Lenoir"
3 min
474
John Clare: "Sheep in Winter"
3 min
475
Anne Bradstreet: "Winter"
4 min