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
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
602
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
603
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
604
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
605
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
606
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
607
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
608
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
609
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
610
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
611
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
612
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
613
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
614
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
615
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
616
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
617
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
618
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
619
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
620
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
621
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
622
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
623
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
624
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
625
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min