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
651
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
652
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
653
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
654
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
655
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
656
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
657
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min
658
Emily Dickinson: "One Year ago—jots what? (296)"
4 min
659
Wilfred Owen: "Winter Song"
3 min
660
Guest Editor Interview: January 2024 Guest Edit...
15 min
661
Cal Bedient: "Expulsion"
4 min
662
Harryette Mullen: "Weathering Hate"
3 min
663
Lynn Xu: "[Sun-messenger]"
2 min
664
Brenda Hillman: "Porcelain Musician in a Child’...
3 min
665
Timothy Donnelly: "Habitable Nebula"
3 min
666
T. S. Eliot: "Journey of the Magi"
4 min
667
Christina Rossetti: "[A rose has thorns as well...
3 min
668
Juliana Huxtable: "KEY AND STRING"
3 min
669
Ariana Reines: "The Economy"
6 min
670
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "The Patient Ones"
2 min
671
Mónica de la Torre: "Theorem of Sorts"
5 min
672
Jericho Brown: "Lenoir"
3 min
673
John Clare: "Sheep in Winter"
3 min
674
Anne Bradstreet: "Winter"
4 min
675
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs: "suffering succotash"
6 min