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
1876
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1877
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1878
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1879
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1880
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1881
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1882
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1883
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
1884
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
1885
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
1886
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1887
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1888
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1889
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1890
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1891
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1892
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1893
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
1894
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
1895
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1896
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1897
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1898
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1899
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1900
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min