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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
101
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
102
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
103
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
104
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
105
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
106
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
107
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
108
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
109
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
110
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
111
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
112
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
113
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
114
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
115
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
116
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
117
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min
118
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
119
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
120
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
121
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
122
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
123
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
124
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
125
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min