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
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1902
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1903
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1904
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1905
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1906
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1907
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1908
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1909
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1910
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1911
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1912
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1913
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1914
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1915
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1916
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1917
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1918
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1919
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1920
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1921
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1922
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1923
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1924
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1925
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min