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
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1877
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
1878
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
1879
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
1880
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
1881
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
1882
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
1883
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
1884
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
1885
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
1886
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
1887
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
1888
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
1889
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
1890
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
1891
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
1892
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
1893
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
1894
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min
1895
Lidija Dimkovska: "Journey"
5 min
1896
Marilyn Chin: "Sage #3"
1 min
1897
Martha Collins: "Again Later"
0 min
1898
Paisley Rekdal: "有 識: Have Knowledge"
1 min
1899
W. B. Yeats: "VI—The Stare’s Nest By My Window"
1 min
1900
Dante Di Stefano: "My Eighteen-Month-Old Daught...
2 min