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
1676
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1677
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1678
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1679
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1680
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1681
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1682
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1683
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1684
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1685
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
1686
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
1687
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
1688
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1689
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1690
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1691
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1692
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1693
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1694
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1695
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
1696
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
1697
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1698
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1699
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1700
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min