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
Lynn Xu: "[Sun-messenger]"
2 min
652
Brenda Hillman: "Porcelain Musician in a Child’...
3 min
653
Timothy Donnelly: "Habitable Nebula"
3 min
654
T. S. Eliot: "Journey of the Magi"
4 min
655
Christina Rossetti: "[A rose has thorns as well...
3 min
656
Juliana Huxtable: "KEY AND STRING"
3 min
657
Ariana Reines: "The Economy"
6 min
658
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "The Patient Ones"
2 min
659
Mónica de la Torre: "Theorem of Sorts"
5 min
660
Jericho Brown: "Lenoir"
3 min
661
John Clare: "Sheep in Winter"
3 min
662
Anne Bradstreet: "Winter"
4 min
663
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs: "suffering succotash"
6 min
664
Caleb Femi: "Baseline"
2 min
665
Joshua Weiner: "Solstice in Truro"
2 min
666
Nancy Kuhl: "Family Secret"
2 min
667
Juliana Spahr: "Ode to Goby"
5 min
668
Arthur Symons: "The Crying of Water"
3 min
669
Margaret Widdemer: "The Dark Cavalier"
3 min
670
Mia Kang: "Abracadabra"
3 min
671
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Hanging"
3 min
672
Lisa Sewell: "The Land of Nod"
3 min
673
Kinsale Drake: "(Re)location"
3 min
674
Brian Blanchfield: "Learning"
4 min
675
MacKnight Black: "Corliss Engine"
2 min