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
2051
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: from “Sonnets from the Ch...
1 min
2052
Ishmael Angaluuk Hope: "Dance Practice"
1 min
2053
Gordon Henry: "It was Snowing on the Monuments"
3 min
2054
Janet McAdams: "Lie"
2 min
2055
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
2056
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
2057
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
2058
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
2059
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
2060
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
2061
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
2062
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
2063
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
2064
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
2065
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
2066
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
2067
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
2068
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
2069
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
2070
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
2071
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
2072
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
2073
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
2074
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
2075
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min