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.
1926
Gordon Henry: "It was Snowing on the Monuments"
3 min
1927
Janet McAdams: "Lie"
2 min
1928
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
1929
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
1930
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
1931
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
1932
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
1933
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
1934
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
1935
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
1936
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1937
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1938
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1939
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1940
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1941
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1942
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1943
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1944
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1945
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1946
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1947
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1948
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1949
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1950
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min