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
901
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
902
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
903
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
904
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
905
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
906
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
907
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min
908
Emily Dickinson: "One Year ago—jots what? (296)"
4 min
909
Wilfred Owen: "Winter Song"
3 min
910
Guest Editor Interview: January 2024 Guest Edit...
15 min
911
Cal Bedient: "Expulsion"
4 min
912
Harryette Mullen: "Weathering Hate"
3 min
913
Lynn Xu: "[Sun-messenger]"
2 min
914
Brenda Hillman: "Porcelain Musician in a Child’...
3 min
915
Timothy Donnelly: "Habitable Nebula"
3 min
916
T. S. Eliot: "Journey of the Magi"
4 min
917
Christina Rossetti: "[A rose has thorns as well...
3 min
918
Juliana Huxtable: "KEY AND STRING"
3 min
919
Ariana Reines: "The Economy"
6 min
920
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "The Patient Ones"
2 min
921
Mónica de la Torre: "Theorem of Sorts"
5 min
922
Jericho Brown: "Lenoir"
3 min
923
John Clare: "Sheep in Winter"
3 min
924
Anne Bradstreet: "Winter"
4 min
925
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs: "suffering succotash"
6 min