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
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1927
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1928
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1929
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1930
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1931
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1932
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1933
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1934
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1935
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1936
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1937
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
1938
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
1939
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min
1940
Charles Bertram Johnson: "A Song of Hope"
1 min
1941
Emily Dickinson: "That is solemn we have ended,...
0 min
1942
Nate Klug: "Jasmine"
2 min
1943
Merrill Gilfillan: "Just After Dawn"
1 min
1944
Noah Ross: "echium swallows"
3 min
1945
Ely Shipley: "Hiatus"
2 min
1946
Genya Turovskaya: "Wisterical"
1 min
1947
Angelina Weld Grimké: "A Winter Twilight"
0 min
1948
Jones Very: "The Winter Bird"
1 min
1949
Michael Wasson: "So Call It Grace"
2 min
1950
Jenny Johnson: "Pedal"
3 min