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
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1927
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1928
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1929
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1930
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1931
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1932
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1933
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1934
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1935
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1936
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
1937
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
1938
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min
1939
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
2 min
1940
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
11 min
1941
Sandra Gustin: "Cause of Death"
5 min
1942
Ina Coolbrith: "After the Winter Rain"
2 min
1943
Margaret Noodin: "Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream...
3 min
1944
Luisa A. Igloria: "Custody"
6 min
1945
Don Mee Choi: "Berlin: 28.6.2019"
5 min
1946
Mariah Bosch: "Obituary Generator"
3 min
1947
Desiree C. Bailey: "Ex(ile)"
4 min
1948
Achy Obejas: "In Response to the Murder of Elev...
7 min
1949
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Wind"
2 min
1950
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min