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
476
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
477
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
478
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
479
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
480
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
481
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
482
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
483
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
484
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
485
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
486
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
487
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
488
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
489
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
490
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
491
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
492
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
493
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
494
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
495
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
496
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
497
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
498
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
499
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
500
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min