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