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