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
Bettina Judd: "Not My Ancestors"
3 min
1927
Ada Limón: "Lover"
3 min
1928
Juana de Ibarbourou: "Bond"
3 min
1929
Conceição Lima and David Shook: "Afroinsularity"
8 min
1930
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1931
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1932
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1933
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1934
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1935
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1936
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1937
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1938
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1939
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1940
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1941
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1942
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1943
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1944
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1945
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1946
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1947
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1948
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1949
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1950
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min