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