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
626
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
627
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
628
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
629
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
630
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
631
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
632
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
633
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
634
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
635
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
636
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
637
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
638
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
639
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
640
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
641
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
642
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
643
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
644
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
645
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
646
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min
647
Emily Dickinson: "One Year ago—jots what? (296)"
4 min
648
Wilfred Owen: "Winter Song"
3 min
649
Guest Editor Interview: January 2024 Guest Edit...
15 min
650
Cal Bedient: "Expulsion"
4 min