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
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1927
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1928
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1929
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1930
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1931
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1932
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1933
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1934
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1935
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1936
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1937
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1938
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1939
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1940
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1941
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1942
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1943
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1944
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1945
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1946
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1947
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1948
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1949
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1950
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min