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.
2001
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
2002
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
2003
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
2004
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
2005
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
2006
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
2007
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
2008
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
2009
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
2010
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
2011
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
2012
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
2013
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
2014
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
2015
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
2016
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min
2017
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
2 min
2018
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
11 min
2019
Sandra Gustin: "Cause of Death"
5 min
2020
Ina Coolbrith: "After the Winter Rain"
2 min
2021
Margaret Noodin: "Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream...
3 min
2022
Luisa A. Igloria: "Custody"
6 min
2023
Don Mee Choi: "Berlin: 28.6.2019"
5 min
2024
Mariah Bosch: "Obituary Generator"
3 min
2025
Desiree C. Bailey: "Ex(ile)"
4 min