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
526
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
527
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
528
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
529
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
530
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
531
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
532
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
533
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
534
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
535
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
536
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
537
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
538
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
539
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
540
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
541
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
542
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
543
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
544
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
545
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
546
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
547
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
548
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
549
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
550
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min