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