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
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1902
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1903
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1904
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1905
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1906
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1907
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1908
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1909
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1910
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1911
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1912
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1913
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1914
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1915
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1916
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1917
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1918
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1919
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1920
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1921
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1922
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1923
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1924
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min
1925
Rachel Levitsky: "Audience"
3 min