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
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
1052
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
1053
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
1054
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
1055
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
1056
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
1057
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
1058
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
1059
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
1060
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
1061
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
1062
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
1063
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
1064
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
1065
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
1066
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
1067
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
1068
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
1069
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
1070
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
1071
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
1072
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
1073
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
1074
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
1075
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min