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.
1926
W. B. Yeats: "VI—The Stare’s Nest By My Window"
1 min
1927
Dante Di Stefano: "My Eighteen-Month-Old Daught...
2 min
1928
Rae Armantrout: "On Growth"
0 min
1929
Rosa Alcalá: "You Rode a Loop"
2 min
1930
Srikanth Reddy: Winter Term XV, from Underworld...
1 min
1931
Maureen N. McLane: From A Book of Hours
1 min
1932
Kiki Petrosino: "Louisa County Patrol Claims, 1...
1 min
1933
Libbie C. Baer: "When My Soul Findeth Wings"
1 min
1934
Claire Wahmanholm: "O"
1 min
1935
Zoë Hitzig: "I Looked on My Right Hand and Behe...
2 min
1936
Cedar Sigo: "Struggle Itself"
1 min
1937
Luci Tapahonso: "This Morning"
4 min
1938
Kristina Martino: "All I Can Have are Field Rec...
2 min
1939
Carolina Ebeid: "(disambiguation of miriam)"
1 min
1940
Alexander Posey: "My Hermitage"
2 min
1941
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
1942
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
1943
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
1944
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
1945
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
1946
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
1947
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
1948
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
1949
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
1950
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min