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