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
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min
2002
Charles Bertram Johnson: "A Song of Hope"
1 min
2003
Emily Dickinson: "That is solemn we have ended,...
0 min
2004
Nate Klug: "Jasmine"
2 min
2005
Merrill Gilfillan: "Just After Dawn"
1 min
2006
Noah Ross: "echium swallows"
3 min
2007
Ely Shipley: "Hiatus"
2 min
2008
Genya Turovskaya: "Wisterical"
1 min
2009
Angelina Weld Grimké: "A Winter Twilight"
0 min
2010
Jones Very: "The Winter Bird"
1 min
2011
Michael Wasson: "So Call It Grace"
2 min
2012
Jenny Johnson: "Pedal"
3 min
2013
G. E. Patterson: "The Keeping Room"
4 min
2014
Eric Ekstrand: "Family Solo"
2 min
2015
Aditi Machado: "Then"
1 min
2016
Fenton Johnson: "Revery"
1 min
2017
Lola Ridge: "Altitude"
0 min
2018
Robyn Schiff: "Oak Gall Wasp"
4 min
2019
Anne Carson: "O Small Sad Ecstasy of Love"
0 min
2020
Zach Savich: "Rust Honey"
1 min
2021
Donna Stonecipher: "The Ruins of Nostalgia 59"
3 min
2022
Yona Harvey: "Hickory Street, New Orleans"
2 min
2023
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Villanelle"
1 min
2024
Mina Loy: "Love Songs (section III)"
0 min
2025
Richard Siken: "Real Estate"
2 min