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
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1827
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1828
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1829
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1830
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1831
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1832
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1833
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
1834
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
1835
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
1836
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1837
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1838
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1839
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1840
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1841
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1842
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1843
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
1844
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
1845
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1846
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1847
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1848
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1849
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1850
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min