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
Janet McAdams: "Lie"
2 min
1677
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
1678
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
1679
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
1680
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
1681
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
1682
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
1683
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
1684
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
1685
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1686
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1687
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1688
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1689
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1690
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1691
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1692
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1693
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1694
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1695
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1696
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1697
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1698
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1699
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
1700
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min