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
1376
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: from “Sonnets from the Ch...
1 min
1377
Ishmael Angaluuk Hope: "Dance Practice"
1 min
1378
Gordon Henry: "It was Snowing on the Monuments"
3 min
1379
Janet McAdams: "Lie"
2 min
1380
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
1381
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
1382
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
1383
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
1384
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
1385
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
1386
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
1387
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
1388
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1389
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1390
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1391
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1392
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1393
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1394
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1395
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1396
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1397
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1398
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1399
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1400
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min