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
Eric Ekstrand: "Family Solo"
2 min
1827
Aditi Machado: "Then"
1 min
1828
Fenton Johnson: "Revery"
1 min
1829
Lola Ridge: "Altitude"
0 min
1830
Robyn Schiff: "Oak Gall Wasp"
4 min
1831
Anne Carson: "O Small Sad Ecstasy of Love"
0 min
1832
Zach Savich: "Rust Honey"
1 min
1833
Donna Stonecipher: "The Ruins of Nostalgia 59"
3 min
1834
Yona Harvey: "Hickory Street, New Orleans"
2 min
1835
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Villanelle"
1 min
1836
Mina Loy: "Love Songs (section III)"
0 min
1837
Richard Siken: "Real Estate"
2 min
1838
Eileen Myles: "Howl"
0 min
1839
Raquel Gutiérrez: "Would It Kill Me To Be A Nic...
1 min
1840
Mark McMorris: "The Thought of the World"
3 min
1841
b: william bearhart: "No More Fire Here: A Ses...
3 min
1842
John Rollin Ridge: "Random Thoughts of Her"
1 min
1843
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: from “Sonnets from the Ch...
1 min
1844
Ishmael Angaluuk Hope: "Dance Practice"
1 min
1845
Gordon Henry: "It was Snowing on the Monuments"
3 min
1846
Janet McAdams: "Lie"
2 min
1847
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
1848
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
1849
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
1850
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min