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
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
1902
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
1903
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
1904
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
1905
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
1906
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
1907
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
1908
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
1909
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
1910
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
1911
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min
1912
Naomi Shihab Nye: "On Doubt and Bad Reviews"
1 min
1913
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: "Wonder"
7 min
1914
Carl Sandburg: "Monotone"
0 min
1915
Effie Waller Smith: "The Rainbow"
0 min
1916
Marilyn Kallet: "Beggar"
0 min
1917
Marilyn Hacker: "Ghazal !يا لطيف (Ya Lateef!)"
1 min
1918
Kimberly Blaeser: "The Way We Love Something Sm...
0 min
1919
Katie Condon: "Big with Dawn"
1 min
1920
Elise Paschen: "Aerial, Wild Pine"
1 min
1921
Rainer Maria Rilke: "In April"
1 min
1922
Fenton Johnson: "The Miracle"
1 min
1923
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen: "the pomegranate’s deci...
1 min
1924
Aracelis Girmay: "[When I come home they rush t...
2 min
1925
Allison Pitinii Davis: "The Function of Humor i...
1 min