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
1726
Gordon Henry: "It was Snowing on the Monuments"
3 min
1727
Janet McAdams: "Lie"
2 min
1728
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
1729
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
1730
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
1731
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
1732
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
1733
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
1734
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
1735
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
1736
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1737
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1738
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1739
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1740
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1741
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1742
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1743
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1744
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1745
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1746
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1747
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1748
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1749
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1750
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min