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.
1901
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1902
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1903
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1904
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1905
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1906
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1907
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1908
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1909
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1910
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1911
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1912
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1913
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1914
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1915
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1916
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1917
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1918
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1919
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1920
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1921
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1922
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1923
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1924
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1925
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min