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
826
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
827
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
828
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
829
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
830
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
831
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
832
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
833
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min
834
Emily Dickinson: "One Year ago—jots what? (296)"
4 min
835
Wilfred Owen: "Winter Song"
3 min
836
Guest Editor Interview: January 2024 Guest Edit...
15 min
837
Cal Bedient: "Expulsion"
4 min
838
Harryette Mullen: "Weathering Hate"
3 min
839
Lynn Xu: "[Sun-messenger]"
2 min
840
Brenda Hillman: "Porcelain Musician in a Child’...
3 min
841
Timothy Donnelly: "Habitable Nebula"
3 min
842
T. S. Eliot: "Journey of the Magi"
4 min
843
Christina Rossetti: "[A rose has thorns as well...
3 min
844
Juliana Huxtable: "KEY AND STRING"
3 min
845
Ariana Reines: "The Economy"
6 min
846
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "The Patient Ones"
2 min
847
Mónica de la Torre: "Theorem of Sorts"
5 min
848
Jericho Brown: "Lenoir"
3 min
849
John Clare: "Sheep in Winter"
3 min
850
Anne Bradstreet: "Winter"
4 min