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
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1927
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1928
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1929
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1930
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1931
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1932
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1933
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1934
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1935
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1936
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1937
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1938
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1939
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1940
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1941
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1942
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1943
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1944
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1945
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1946
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1947
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1948
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1949
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1950
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min