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
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1927
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1928
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1929
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1930
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1931
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1932
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1933
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1934
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1935
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1936
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1937
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1938
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1939
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1940
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1941
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1942
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1943
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1944
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1945
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1946
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1947
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1948
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1949
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1950
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min