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
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
1927
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1928
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
1929
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
1930
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
1931
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
1932
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
1933
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
1934
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
1935
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
1936
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
1937
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
1938
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
1939
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
1940
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
1941
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
1942
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
1943
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
1944
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
1945
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min
1946
Lidija Dimkovska: "Journey"
5 min
1947
Marilyn Chin: "Sage #3"
1 min
1948
Martha Collins: "Again Later"
0 min
1949
Paisley Rekdal: "有 識: Have Knowledge"
1 min
1950
W. B. Yeats: "VI—The Stare’s Nest By My Window"
1 min