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