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
1776
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
1777
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
1778
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
1779
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1780
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1781
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1782
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1783
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1784
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1785
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1786
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
1787
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
1788
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1789
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1790
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1791
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1792
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1793
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1794
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1795
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1796
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1797
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1798
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1799
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1800
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min