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
801
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
802
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
803
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
804
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
805
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
806
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
807
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
808
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
809
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
810
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
811
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
812
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
813
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
814
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
815
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
816
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
817
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
818
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
819
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
820
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
821
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
822
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
823
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
824
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
825
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min