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
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1777
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1778
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1779
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1780
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1781
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1782
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1783
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1784
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1785
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1786
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1787
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1788
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1789
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1790
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
1791
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
1792
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
1793
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1794
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1795
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1796
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1797
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1798
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1799
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1800
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min