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