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
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1927
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1928
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1929
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1930
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1931
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1932
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1933
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1934
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1935
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1936
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1937
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1938
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1939
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1940
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1941
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1942
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1943
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1944
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1945
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1946
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1947
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1948
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1949
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1950
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min