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
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1927
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1928
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1929
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1930
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1931
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1932
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1933
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1934
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1935
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1936
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1937
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1938
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1939
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1940
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1941
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1942
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1943
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1944
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1945
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
1946
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1947
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1948
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1949
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1950
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min