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
1851
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1852
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1853
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1854
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1855
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1856
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1857
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1858
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1859
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1860
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1861
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1862
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1863
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1864
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1865
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
1866
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
1867
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
1868
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1869
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1870
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1871
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1872
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1873
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1874
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1875
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min