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
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1927
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1928
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
1929
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
1930
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
1931
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1932
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1933
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1934
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1935
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1936
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1937
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1938
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
1939
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
1940
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1941
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1942
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1943
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1944
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1945
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1946
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1947
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1948
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1949
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1950
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min