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
726
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
727
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
728
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
729
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
730
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
731
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
732
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
733
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
734
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
735
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
736
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
737
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
738
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
739
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min
740
Emily Dickinson: "One Year ago—jots what? (296)"
4 min
741
Wilfred Owen: "Winter Song"
3 min
742
Guest Editor Interview: January 2024 Guest Edit...
15 min
743
Cal Bedient: "Expulsion"
4 min
744
Harryette Mullen: "Weathering Hate"
3 min
745
Lynn Xu: "[Sun-messenger]"
2 min
746
Brenda Hillman: "Porcelain Musician in a Child’...
3 min
747
Timothy Donnelly: "Habitable Nebula"
3 min
748
T. S. Eliot: "Journey of the Magi"
4 min
749
Christina Rossetti: "[A rose has thorns as well...
3 min
750
Juliana Huxtable: "KEY AND STRING"
3 min