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
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
652
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
653
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
654
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
655
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
656
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
657
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
658
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
659
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
660
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
661
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
662
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
663
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
664
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
665
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
666
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
667
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
668
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
669
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
670
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
671
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
672
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
673
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
674
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
675
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min