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
2226
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
2227
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
2228
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
2229
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
2230
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
2231
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
2232
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
2233
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
2234
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
2235
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
2236
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
2237
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
2238
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
2239
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
2240
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
2241
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
2242
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
2243
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
2244
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
2245
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
2246
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
2247
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
2248
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
2249
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
2250
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min