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.
1701
John Rollin Ridge: "Random Thoughts of Her"
1 min
1702
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: from “Sonnets from the Ch...
1 min
1703
Ishmael Angaluuk Hope: "Dance Practice"
1 min
1704
Gordon Henry: "It was Snowing on the Monuments"
3 min
1705
Janet McAdams: "Lie"
2 min
1706
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
1707
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
1708
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
1709
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
1710
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
1711
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
1712
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
1713
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
1714
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1715
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1716
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1717
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1718
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1719
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1720
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1721
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1722
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1723
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1724
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1725
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min