Poem-A-Day
Poem-a-Day is the original and only daily digital poetry series featuring over 200 new, previously unpublished poems by today's talented poets each year. On weekdays, poems are accompanied by exclusive commentary by the poets. The series highlights classic poems on weekends. Launched in 2006, Poem-a-Day is now distributed via email, web, and social media to 350,000+ readers free of charge and is available for syndication by King Features.
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In Particular
In Particular
What loin-cloth, what rag of wrong
Unpriced?
What turn of body, what of lust
Undiced?
So we’ve worshipped you a little
More than Christ.
This poem is in the public domain.
This poem is in the public domain.
previous poems
| date | title |
author |
|---|---|---|
| June 03, 2009 | Kelp | Jeffrey Yang |
| January 23, 2015 | What Is | Jeffrey Yang |
| July 01, 2014 | Troubadour | Mark Yakich |
| November 12, 2015 | My Dissent and My Love Are Woven Inside Me | Wendy Xu |
| May 27, 2016 | Praxis | Wendy Xu |
| July 10, 2012 | Fifteen Years of Darkness | Liu Xiaobo |
| July 27, 2013 | Atavism | Elinor Wylie |
| December 09, 2013 | Prayer for a Birthday | Mark Wunderlich |
| February 28, 2012 | Winter Study | Mark Wunderlich |
| November 04, 2013 | Imaginary June | C. D. Wright |