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
601
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
602
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
603
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
604
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
605
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
606
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
607
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
608
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
609
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
610
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min
611
Emily Dickinson: "One Year ago—jots what? (296)"
4 min
612
Wilfred Owen: "Winter Song"
3 min
613
Guest Editor Interview: January 2024 Guest Edit...
15 min
614
Cal Bedient: "Expulsion"
4 min
615
Harryette Mullen: "Weathering Hate"
3 min
616
Lynn Xu: "[Sun-messenger]"
2 min
617
Brenda Hillman: "Porcelain Musician in a Child’...
3 min
618
Timothy Donnelly: "Habitable Nebula"
3 min
619
T. S. Eliot: "Journey of the Magi"
4 min
620
Christina Rossetti: "[A rose has thorns as well...
3 min
621
Juliana Huxtable: "KEY AND STRING"
3 min
622
Ariana Reines: "The Economy"
6 min
623
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "The Patient Ones"
2 min
624
Mónica de la Torre: "Theorem of Sorts"
5 min
625
Jericho Brown: "Lenoir"
3 min