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
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1902
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1903
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1904
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1905
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1906
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1907
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1908
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1909
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1910
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1911
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1912
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1913
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1914
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1915
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1916
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1917
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1918
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1919
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1920
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1921
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1922
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1923
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1924
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1925
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min