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
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
1927
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min
1928
Lidija Dimkovska: "Journey"
5 min
1929
Marilyn Chin: "Sage #3"
1 min
1930
Martha Collins: "Again Later"
0 min
1931
Paisley Rekdal: "有 識: Have Knowledge"
1 min
1932
W. B. Yeats: "VI—The Stare’s Nest By My Window"
1 min
1933
Dante Di Stefano: "My Eighteen-Month-Old Daught...
2 min
1934
Rae Armantrout: "On Growth"
0 min
1935
Rosa Alcalá: "You Rode a Loop"
2 min
1936
Srikanth Reddy: Winter Term XV, from Underworld...
1 min
1937
Maureen N. McLane: From A Book of Hours
1 min
1938
Kiki Petrosino: "Louisa County Patrol Claims, 1...
1 min
1939
Libbie C. Baer: "When My Soul Findeth Wings"
1 min
1940
Claire Wahmanholm: "O"
1 min
1941
Zoë Hitzig: "I Looked on My Right Hand and Behe...
2 min
1942
Cedar Sigo: "Struggle Itself"
1 min
1943
Luci Tapahonso: "This Morning"
4 min
1944
Kristina Martino: "All I Can Have are Field Rec...
2 min
1945
Carolina Ebeid: "(disambiguation of miriam)"
1 min
1946
Alexander Posey: "My Hermitage"
2 min
1947
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
1948
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
1949
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
1950
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min