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
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1927
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1928
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1929
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1930
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1931
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1932
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1933
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1934
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1935
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1936
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1937
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1938
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1939
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1940
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1941
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1942
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1943
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1944
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1945
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1946
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1947
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1948
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1949
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
1950
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min