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
2151
Janet McAdams: "Lie"
2 min
2152
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
2153
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
2154
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
2155
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
2156
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
2157
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
2158
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
2159
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
2160
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
2161
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
2162
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
2163
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
2164
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
2165
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
2166
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
2167
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
2168
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
2169
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
2170
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
2171
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
2172
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
2173
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
2174
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
2175
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min