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.
1926
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1927
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
1928
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
1929
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
1930
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1931
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1932
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1933
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1934
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1935
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1936
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1937
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
1938
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
1939
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1940
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1941
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1942
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1943
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1944
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1945
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1946
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1947
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1948
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1949
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1950
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min