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