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
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1902
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1903
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1904
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1905
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1906
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1907
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1908
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1909
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1910
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1911
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1912
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1913
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1914
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1915
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1916
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1917
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1918
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1919
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1920
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1921
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1922
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1923
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1924
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1925
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min