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
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1902
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1903
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1904
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1905
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1906
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1907
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1908
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1909
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1910
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1911
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1912
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1913
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1914
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1915
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1916
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1917
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1918
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1919
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1920
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1921
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1922
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1923
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1924
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1925
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min