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
201
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Habit of Perfection"
4 min
202
Sir Geoffrey Hill: "Genius Loci"
5 min
203
Vievee Francis: "Clarity"
3 min
204
Gregory Pardlo: "Giornata 4"
2 min
205
Tyree Daye: "The Lord's Corner"
2 min
206
R. A. Villanueva: "This dark is the same dark a...
3 min
207
Margo Berdeshevsky: "Somewhere Everywhere"
7 min
208
Vita Sackville-West: From "'The Land' [Shepherd...
6 min
209
A. A. Milne: "Furry Bear"
2 min
210
Malika Booker: "Jesus in the Wilderness"
5 min
211
Marie-Ovide Dorcely: "Sojourner"
3 min
212
Richard Scott: "Peridot"
4 min
213
Amanda Johnston: "Bogeymen"
1 min
214
Adam Wiedewitsch: "If Night You Were a City"
4 min
215
Emily Dickinson: "One Year ago—jots what? (296)"
4 min
216
Wilfred Owen: "Winter Song"
3 min
217
Guest Editor Interview: January 2024 Guest Edit...
15 min
218
Cal Bedient: "Expulsion"
4 min
219
Harryette Mullen: "Weathering Hate"
3 min
220
Lynn Xu: "[Sun-messenger]"
2 min
221
Brenda Hillman: "Porcelain Musician in a Child’...
3 min
222
Timothy Donnelly: "Habitable Nebula"
3 min
223
T. S. Eliot: "Journey of the Magi"
4 min
224
Christina Rossetti: "[A rose has thorns as well...
3 min
225
Juliana Huxtable: "KEY AND STRING"
3 min