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