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
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
2027
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
2028
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
2029
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
2030
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
2031
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
2032
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
2033
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
2034
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
2035
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
2036
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
2037
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
2038
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
2039
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
2040
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
2041
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
2042
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
2043
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
2044
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
2045
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
2046
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
2047
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
2048
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
2049
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
2050
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min