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
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1902
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1903
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1904
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1905
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1906
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1907
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1908
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1909
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1910
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1911
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1912
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
1913
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
1914
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min
1915
Charles Bertram Johnson: "A Song of Hope"
1 min
1916
Emily Dickinson: "That is solemn we have ended,...
0 min
1917
Nate Klug: "Jasmine"
2 min
1918
Merrill Gilfillan: "Just After Dawn"
1 min
1919
Noah Ross: "echium swallows"
3 min
1920
Ely Shipley: "Hiatus"
2 min
1921
Genya Turovskaya: "Wisterical"
1 min
1922
Angelina Weld Grimké: "A Winter Twilight"
0 min
1923
Jones Very: "The Winter Bird"
1 min
1924
Michael Wasson: "So Call It Grace"
2 min
1925
Jenny Johnson: "Pedal"
3 min