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
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1902
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1903
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1904
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1905
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1906
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1907
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1908
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1909
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
1910
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1911
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1912
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1913
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1914
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1915
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1916
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1917
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1918
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1919
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1920
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1921
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1922
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1923
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1924
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1925
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min