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
Janet McAdams: "Lie"
2 min
1902
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
1903
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
1904
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
1905
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
1906
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
1907
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
1908
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
1909
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
1910
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1911
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1912
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1913
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1914
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1915
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1916
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1917
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1918
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1919
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1920
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1921
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1922
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1923
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1924
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
1925
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min