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
2026
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
2027
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
2028
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
2029
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
2030
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
2031
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
2032
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
2033
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
2034
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
2035
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
2036
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
2037
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
2038
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
2039
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
2040
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
2041
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
2042
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
2043
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
2044
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
2045
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
2046
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
2047
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
2048
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
2049
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
2050
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min