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
1701
Janet McAdams: "Lie"
2 min
1702
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
1703
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
1704
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
1705
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
1706
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
1707
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
1708
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
1709
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
1710
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1711
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1712
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1713
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1714
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1715
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1716
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1717
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1718
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1719
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1720
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1721
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1722
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1723
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1724
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
1725
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min