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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1876
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: from “Sonnets from the Ch...
1 min
1877
Ishmael Angaluuk Hope: "Dance Practice"
1 min
1878
Gordon Henry: "It was Snowing on the Monuments"
3 min
1879
Janet McAdams: "Lie"
2 min
1880
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
1881
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
1882
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
1883
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
1884
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
1885
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
1886
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
1887
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
1888
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1889
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1890
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1891
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1892
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1893
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1894
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1895
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1896
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1897
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1898
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1899
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1900
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min