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
1026
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
1027
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
1028
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
1029
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
1030
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
1031
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
1032
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
1033
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
1034
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
1035
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
1036
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
1037
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
1038
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
1039
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
1040
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
1041
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
1042
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
1043
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
1044
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
1045
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
1046
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
1047
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
1048
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
1049
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
1050
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min