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
1051
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
1052
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
1053
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
1054
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
1055
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
1056
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
1057
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
1058
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
1059
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
1060
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
1061
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
1062
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
1063
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
1064
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
1065
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
1066
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
1067
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
1068
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
1069
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
1070
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
1071
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
1072
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
1073
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
1074
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
1075
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min