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
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
602
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
603
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
604
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
605
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
606
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
607
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
608
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
609
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
610
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
611
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
612
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
613
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
614
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
615
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
616
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
617
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
618
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
619
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
620
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
621
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
622
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min
623
Emily Dickinson: "One Year ago—jots what? (296)"
4 min
624
Wilfred Owen: "Winter Song"
3 min
625
Guest Editor Interview: January 2024 Guest Edit...
15 min