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
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
827
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
828
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
829
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
830
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
831
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
832
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
833
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
834
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
835
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
836
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
837
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
838
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
839
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
840
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
841
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
842
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
843
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
844
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
845
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
846
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
847
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
848
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
849
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
850
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min