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.
1901
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: from “Sonnets from the Ch...
1 min
1902
Ishmael Angaluuk Hope: "Dance Practice"
1 min
1903
Gordon Henry: "It was Snowing on the Monuments"
3 min
1904
Janet McAdams: "Lie"
2 min
1905
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
1906
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
1907
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
1908
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
1909
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
1910
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
1911
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
1912
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
1913
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1914
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1915
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1916
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1917
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1918
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1919
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1920
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1921
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1922
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1923
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1924
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1925
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min