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.
1876
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1877
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1878
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1879
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1880
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1881
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1882
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1883
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1884
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1885
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1886
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1887
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1888
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1889
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1890
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1891
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1892
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1893
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1894
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1895
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1896
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1897
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1898
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1899
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min
1900
Rachel Levitsky: "Audience"
3 min