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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1926
Marilyn Chin: "Sage #3"
1 min
1927
Martha Collins: "Again Later"
0 min
1928
Paisley Rekdal: "有 識: Have Knowledge"
1 min
1929
W. B. Yeats: "VI—The Stare’s Nest By My Window"
1 min
1930
Dante Di Stefano: "My Eighteen-Month-Old Daught...
2 min
1931
Rae Armantrout: "On Growth"
0 min
1932
Rosa Alcalá: "You Rode a Loop"
2 min
1933
Srikanth Reddy: Winter Term XV, from Underworld...
1 min
1934
Maureen N. McLane: From A Book of Hours
1 min
1935
Kiki Petrosino: "Louisa County Patrol Claims, 1...
1 min
1936
Libbie C. Baer: "When My Soul Findeth Wings"
1 min
1937
Claire Wahmanholm: "O"
1 min
1938
Zoë Hitzig: "I Looked on My Right Hand and Behe...
2 min
1939
Cedar Sigo: "Struggle Itself"
1 min
1940
Luci Tapahonso: "This Morning"
4 min
1941
Kristina Martino: "All I Can Have are Field Rec...
2 min
1942
Carolina Ebeid: "(disambiguation of miriam)"
1 min
1943
Alexander Posey: "My Hermitage"
2 min
1944
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
1945
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
1946
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
1947
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
1948
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
1949
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
1950
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min