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
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
577
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
578
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
579
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
580
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
581
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
582
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
583
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
584
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
585
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
586
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
587
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
588
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
589
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
590
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
591
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
592
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
593
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
594
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
595
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
596
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
597
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
598
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
599
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
600
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min