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
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
902
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
903
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
904
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
905
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
906
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
907
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
908
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
909
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
910
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
911
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
912
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
913
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
914
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
915
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
916
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
917
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
918
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
919
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
920
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
921
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
922
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
923
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min
924
Emily Dickinson: "One Year ago—jots what? (296)"
4 min
925
Wilfred Owen: "Winter Song"
3 min