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.
1901
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
1902
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
1903
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1904
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
1905
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
1906
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
1907
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
1908
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
1909
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
1910
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
1911
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
1912
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
1913
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
1914
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
1915
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
1916
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
1917
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
1918
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
1919
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
1920
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
1921
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min
1922
Lidija Dimkovska: "Journey"
5 min
1923
Marilyn Chin: "Sage #3"
1 min
1924
Martha Collins: "Again Later"
0 min
1925
Paisley Rekdal: "有 識: Have Knowledge"
1 min