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
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
477
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
478
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
479
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
480
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
481
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
482
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
483
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
484
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
485
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
486
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
487
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
488
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
489
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min
490
Emily Dickinson: "One Year ago—jots what? (296)"
4 min
491
Wilfred Owen: "Winter Song"
3 min
492
Guest Editor Interview: January 2024 Guest Edit...
15 min
493
Cal Bedient: "Expulsion"
4 min
494
Harryette Mullen: "Weathering Hate"
3 min
495
Lynn Xu: "[Sun-messenger]"
2 min
496
Brenda Hillman: "Porcelain Musician in a Child’...
3 min
497
Timothy Donnelly: "Habitable Nebula"
3 min
498
T. S. Eliot: "Journey of the Magi"
4 min
499
Christina Rossetti: "[A rose has thorns as well...
3 min
500
Juliana Huxtable: "KEY AND STRING"
3 min