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.

Books
1876
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1877
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1878
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1879
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1880
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1881
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1882
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1883
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1884
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1885
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1886
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1887
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1888
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1889
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1890
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
1891
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
1892
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
1893
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1894
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1895
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1896
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1897
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1898
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1899
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1900
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min