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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1901
Donte Collins: "they need some of us to die"
2 min
1902
Assétou Xango: "Give Your Daughters Difficult N...
4 min
1903
Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
1904
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
1905
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
1906
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
1907
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
1908
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
1909
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1910
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
1911
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
1912
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
1913
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
1914
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
1915
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
1916
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
1917
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
1918
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
1919
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
1920
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
1921
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
1922
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
1923
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
1924
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
1925
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min