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
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1927
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1928
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1929
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1930
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1931
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1932
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1933
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1934
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1935
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1936
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1937
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1938
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1939
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1940
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1941
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1942
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1943
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1944
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1945
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1946
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1947
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1948
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1949
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1950
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min