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.
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Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
477
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
478
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
479
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
480
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
481
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
482
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
483
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
484
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
485
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
486
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
487
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
488
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
489
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
490
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
491
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
492
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
493
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
494
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
495
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
496
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
497
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
498
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
499
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min
500
Emily Dickinson: "One Year ago—jots what? (296)"
4 min