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.

Books
1926
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1927
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1928
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1929
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
1930
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
1931
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
1932
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1933
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1934
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1935
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1936
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1937
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1938
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1939
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
1940
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
1941
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1942
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1943
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1944
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1945
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1946
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1947
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1948
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1949
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1950
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min