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
576
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
577
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
578
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
579
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
580
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
581
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
582
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
583
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
584
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
585
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
586
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
587
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
588
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
589
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
590
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
591
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
592
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
593
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
594
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
595
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
596
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
597
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
598
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
599
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
600
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min