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
Eileen Myles: "Howl"
0 min
1902
Raquel Gutiérrez: "Would It Kill Me To Be A Nic...
1 min
1903
Mark McMorris: "The Thought of the World"
3 min
1904
b: william bearhart: "No More Fire Here: A Ses...
3 min
1905
John Rollin Ridge: "Random Thoughts of Her"
1 min
1906
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: from “Sonnets from the Ch...
1 min
1907
Ishmael Angaluuk Hope: "Dance Practice"
1 min
1908
Gordon Henry: "It was Snowing on the Monuments"
3 min
1909
Janet McAdams: "Lie"
2 min
1910
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
1911
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
1912
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
1913
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
1914
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
1915
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
1916
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
1917
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
1918
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1919
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1920
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1921
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1922
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1923
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1924
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1925
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min