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
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1802
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1803
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1804
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1805
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1806
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1807
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1808
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1809
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1810
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1811
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1812
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1813
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1814
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
1815
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
1816
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
1817
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1818
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1819
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1820
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1821
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1822
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1823
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1824
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
1825
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min