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
1801
Mark McMorris: "The Thought of the World"
3 min
1802
b: william bearhart: "No More Fire Here: A Ses...
3 min
1803
John Rollin Ridge: "Random Thoughts of Her"
1 min
1804
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: from “Sonnets from the Ch...
1 min
1805
Ishmael Angaluuk Hope: "Dance Practice"
1 min
1806
Gordon Henry: "It was Snowing on the Monuments"
3 min
1807
Janet McAdams: "Lie"
2 min
1808
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
1809
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
1810
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
1811
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
1812
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
1813
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
1814
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
1815
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
1816
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1817
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1818
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1819
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1820
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1821
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1822
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1823
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1824
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1825
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min