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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
676
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
677
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
678
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
679
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
680
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
681
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
682
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
683
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
684
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
685
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
686
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
687
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
688
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
689
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
690
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
691
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
692
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
693
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
694
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
695
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
696
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
697
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
698
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min
699
Emily Dickinson: "One Year ago—jots what? (296)"
4 min
700
Wilfred Owen: "Winter Song"
3 min