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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1851
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
1852
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1853
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
1854
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
1855
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
1856
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
1857
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
1858
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
1859
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
1860
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
1861
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
1862
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
1863
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
1864
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
1865
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
1866
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
1867
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
1868
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
1869
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
1870
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min
1871
Lidija Dimkovska: "Journey"
5 min
1872
Marilyn Chin: "Sage #3"
1 min
1873
Martha Collins: "Again Later"
0 min
1874
Paisley Rekdal: "有 識: Have Knowledge"
1 min
1875
W. B. Yeats: "VI—The Stare’s Nest By My Window"
1 min