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