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
551
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
552
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
553
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
554
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
555
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
556
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
557
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
558
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
559
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min
560
Emily Dickinson: "One Year ago—jots what? (296)"
4 min
561
Wilfred Owen: "Winter Song"
3 min
562
Guest Editor Interview: January 2024 Guest Edit...
15 min
563
Cal Bedient: "Expulsion"
4 min
564
Harryette Mullen: "Weathering Hate"
3 min
565
Lynn Xu: "[Sun-messenger]"
2 min
566
Brenda Hillman: "Porcelain Musician in a Child’...
3 min
567
Timothy Donnelly: "Habitable Nebula"
3 min
568
T. S. Eliot: "Journey of the Magi"
4 min
569
Christina Rossetti: "[A rose has thorns as well...
3 min
570
Juliana Huxtable: "KEY AND STRING"
3 min
571
Ariana Reines: "The Economy"
6 min
572
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "The Patient Ones"
2 min
573
Mónica de la Torre: "Theorem of Sorts"
5 min
574
Jericho Brown: "Lenoir"
3 min
575
John Clare: "Sheep in Winter"
3 min