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
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1927
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1928
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1929
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1930
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1931
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1932
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1933
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1934
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1935
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1936
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1937
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1938
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1939
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1940
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1941
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1942
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1943
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1944
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1945
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1946
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1947
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1948
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1949
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min
1950
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min