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
851
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
852
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
853
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
854
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
855
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
856
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
857
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
858
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
859
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
860
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
861
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
862
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
863
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
864
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
865
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
866
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
867
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
868
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
869
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
870
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
871
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
872
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
873
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
874
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
875
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min