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
701
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
702
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
703
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
704
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
705
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
706
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
707
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
708
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
709
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
710
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
711
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
712
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
713
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
714
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
715
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
716
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
717
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
718
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
719
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
720
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
721
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
722
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
723
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
724
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
725
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min