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