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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
76
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
77
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
78
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
79
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
80
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
81
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
82
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
83
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
84
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
85
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
86
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
87
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
88
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
89
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
90
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
91
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
92
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
93
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
94
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
95
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
96
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
97
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
98
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
99
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
100
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min