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
Alexander Posey: "My Hermitage"
2 min
1927
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
1928
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
1929
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
1930
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
1931
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
1932
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
1933
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
1934
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
1935
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
1936
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
1937
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min
1938
Naomi Shihab Nye: "On Doubt and Bad Reviews"
1 min
1939
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: "Wonder"
7 min
1940
Carl Sandburg: "Monotone"
0 min
1941
Effie Waller Smith: "The Rainbow"
0 min
1942
Marilyn Kallet: "Beggar"
0 min
1943
Marilyn Hacker: "Ghazal !يا لطيف (Ya Lateef!)"
1 min
1944
Kimberly Blaeser: "The Way We Love Something Sm...
0 min
1945
Katie Condon: "Big with Dawn"
1 min
1946
Elise Paschen: "Aerial, Wild Pine"
1 min
1947
Rainer Maria Rilke: "In April"
1 min
1948
Fenton Johnson: "The Miracle"
1 min
1949
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen: "the pomegranate’s deci...
1 min
1950
Aracelis Girmay: "[When I come home they rush t...
2 min