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
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
1877
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
1878
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
1879
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
1880
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
1881
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1882
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
1883
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
1884
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
1885
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
1886
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
1887
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
1888
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
1889
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
1890
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
1891
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
1892
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
1893
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
1894
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
1895
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
1896
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
1897
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
1898
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
1899
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min
1900
Lidija Dimkovska: "Journey"
5 min