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
1001
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
1002
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
1003
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
1004
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
1005
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
1006
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
1007
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
1008
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
1009
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
1010
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
1011
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
1012
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
1013
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
1014
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
1015
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
1016
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
1017
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min
1018
Emily Dickinson: "One Year ago—jots what? (296)"
4 min
1019
Wilfred Owen: "Winter Song"
3 min
1020
Guest Editor Interview: January 2024 Guest Edit...
15 min
1021
Cal Bedient: "Expulsion"
4 min
1022
Harryette Mullen: "Weathering Hate"
3 min
1023
Lynn Xu: "[Sun-messenger]"
2 min
1024
Brenda Hillman: "Porcelain Musician in a Child’...
3 min
1025
Timothy Donnelly: "Habitable Nebula"
3 min