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
1826
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
1827
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
1828
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
1829
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
1830
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
1831
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
1832
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
1833
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
1834
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1835
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1836
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1837
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1838
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1839
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1840
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1841
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1842
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1843
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1844
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1845
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1846
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1847
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1848
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
1849
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
1850
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min