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
Lidija Dimkovska: "Journey"
5 min
1927
Marilyn Chin: "Sage #3"
1 min
1928
Martha Collins: "Again Later"
0 min
1929
Paisley Rekdal: "有 識: Have Knowledge"
1 min
1930
W. B. Yeats: "VI—The Stare’s Nest By My Window"
1 min
1931
Dante Di Stefano: "My Eighteen-Month-Old Daught...
2 min
1932
Rae Armantrout: "On Growth"
0 min
1933
Rosa Alcalá: "You Rode a Loop"
2 min
1934
Srikanth Reddy: Winter Term XV, from Underworld...
1 min
1935
Maureen N. McLane: From A Book of Hours
1 min
1936
Kiki Petrosino: "Louisa County Patrol Claims, 1...
1 min
1937
Libbie C. Baer: "When My Soul Findeth Wings"
1 min
1938
Claire Wahmanholm: "O"
1 min
1939
Zoë Hitzig: "I Looked on My Right Hand and Behe...
2 min
1940
Cedar Sigo: "Struggle Itself"
1 min
1941
Luci Tapahonso: "This Morning"
4 min
1942
Kristina Martino: "All I Can Have are Field Rec...
2 min
1943
Carolina Ebeid: "(disambiguation of miriam)"
1 min
1944
Alexander Posey: "My Hermitage"
2 min
1945
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
1946
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
1947
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
1948
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
1949
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
1950
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min