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.
1876
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
1877
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
1878
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
1879
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
1880
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
1881
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
1882
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
1883
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
1884
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
1885
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min
1886
Naomi Shihab Nye: "On Doubt and Bad Reviews"
1 min
1887
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: "Wonder"
7 min
1888
Carl Sandburg: "Monotone"
0 min
1889
Effie Waller Smith: "The Rainbow"
0 min
1890
Marilyn Kallet: "Beggar"
0 min
1891
Marilyn Hacker: "Ghazal !يا لطيف (Ya Lateef!)"
1 min
1892
Kimberly Blaeser: "The Way We Love Something Sm...
0 min
1893
Katie Condon: "Big with Dawn"
1 min
1894
Elise Paschen: "Aerial, Wild Pine"
1 min
1895
Rainer Maria Rilke: "In April"
1 min
1896
Fenton Johnson: "The Miracle"
1 min
1897
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen: "the pomegranate’s deci...
1 min
1898
Aracelis Girmay: "[When I come home they rush t...
2 min
1899
Allison Pitinii Davis: "The Function of Humor i...
1 min
1900
Ted Mathys: "Fool’s Gold"
1 min