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
976
Lynn Xu: "[Sun-messenger]"
2 min
977
Brenda Hillman: "Porcelain Musician in a Child’...
3 min
978
Timothy Donnelly: "Habitable Nebula"
3 min
979
T. S. Eliot: "Journey of the Magi"
4 min
980
Christina Rossetti: "[A rose has thorns as well...
3 min
981
Juliana Huxtable: "KEY AND STRING"
3 min
982
Ariana Reines: "The Economy"
6 min
983
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "The Patient Ones"
2 min
984
Mónica de la Torre: "Theorem of Sorts"
5 min
985
Jericho Brown: "Lenoir"
3 min
986
John Clare: "Sheep in Winter"
3 min
987
Anne Bradstreet: "Winter"
4 min
988
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs: "suffering succotash"
6 min
989
Caleb Femi: "Baseline"
2 min
990
Joshua Weiner: "Solstice in Truro"
2 min
991
Nancy Kuhl: "Family Secret"
2 min
992
Juliana Spahr: "Ode to Goby"
5 min
993
Arthur Symons: "The Crying of Water"
3 min
994
Margaret Widdemer: "The Dark Cavalier"
3 min
995
Mia Kang: "Abracadabra"
3 min
996
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Hanging"
3 min
997
Lisa Sewell: "The Land of Nod"
3 min
998
Kinsale Drake: "(Re)location"
3 min
999
Brian Blanchfield: "Learning"
4 min
1000
MacKnight Black: "Corliss Engine"
2 min