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
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1902
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1903
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1904
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1905
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1906
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1907
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1908
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1909
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
1910
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
1911
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
1912
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1913
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1914
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1915
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1916
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1917
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1918
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1919
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
1920
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
1921
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1922
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1923
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1924
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1925
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min