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.
1776
Gordon Henry: "It was Snowing on the Monuments"
3 min
1777
Janet McAdams: "Lie"
2 min
1778
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
1779
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
1780
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
1781
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
1782
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
1783
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
1784
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
1785
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
1786
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1787
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1788
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1789
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1790
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1791
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1792
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1793
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1794
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1795
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1796
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1797
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1798
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1799
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1800
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min