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
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
552
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
553
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
554
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
555
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
556
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
557
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
558
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
559
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
560
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
561
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
562
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
563
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
564
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
565
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
566
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
567
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
568
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
569
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min
570
Emily Dickinson: "One Year ago—jots what? (296)"
4 min
571
Wilfred Owen: "Winter Song"
3 min
572
Guest Editor Interview: January 2024 Guest Edit...
15 min
573
Cal Bedient: "Expulsion"
4 min
574
Harryette Mullen: "Weathering Hate"
3 min
575
Lynn Xu: "[Sun-messenger]"
2 min