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
1651
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
1652
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
1653
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
1654
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
1655
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
1656
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1657
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1658
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1659
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1660
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1661
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1662
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1663
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1664
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1665
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1666
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1667
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1668
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1669
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1670
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
1671
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
1672
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
1673
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1674
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1675
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min