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
676
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
677
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
678
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
679
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
680
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
681
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
682
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min
683
Emily Dickinson: "One Year ago—jots what? (296)"
4 min
684
Wilfred Owen: "Winter Song"
3 min
685
Guest Editor Interview: January 2024 Guest Edit...
15 min
686
Cal Bedient: "Expulsion"
4 min
687
Harryette Mullen: "Weathering Hate"
3 min
688
Lynn Xu: "[Sun-messenger]"
2 min
689
Brenda Hillman: "Porcelain Musician in a Child’...
3 min
690
Timothy Donnelly: "Habitable Nebula"
3 min
691
T. S. Eliot: "Journey of the Magi"
4 min
692
Christina Rossetti: "[A rose has thorns as well...
3 min
693
Juliana Huxtable: "KEY AND STRING"
3 min
694
Ariana Reines: "The Economy"
6 min
695
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "The Patient Ones"
2 min
696
Mónica de la Torre: "Theorem of Sorts"
5 min
697
Jericho Brown: "Lenoir"
3 min
698
John Clare: "Sheep in Winter"
3 min
699
Anne Bradstreet: "Winter"
4 min
700
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs: "suffering succotash"
6 min