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