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
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
602
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
603
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
604
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
605
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
606
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
607
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
608
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
609
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
610
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
611
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
612
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
613
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
614
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
615
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
616
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
617
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
618
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
619
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
620
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
621
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
622
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
623
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
624
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
625
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min