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.
2001
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
2002
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
2003
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
2004
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
2005
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
2006
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
2007
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
2008
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
2009
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
2010
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
2011
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min
2012
Naomi Shihab Nye: "On Doubt and Bad Reviews"
1 min
2013
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: "Wonder"
7 min
2014
Carl Sandburg: "Monotone"
0 min
2015
Effie Waller Smith: "The Rainbow"
0 min
2016
Marilyn Kallet: "Beggar"
0 min
2017
Marilyn Hacker: "Ghazal !يا لطيف (Ya Lateef!)"
1 min
2018
Kimberly Blaeser: "The Way We Love Something Sm...
0 min
2019
Katie Condon: "Big with Dawn"
1 min
2020
Elise Paschen: "Aerial, Wild Pine"
1 min
2021
Rainer Maria Rilke: "In April"
1 min
2022
Fenton Johnson: "The Miracle"
1 min
2023
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen: "the pomegranate’s deci...
1 min
2024
Aracelis Girmay: "[When I come home they rush t...
2 min
2025
Allison Pitinii Davis: "The Function of Humor i...
1 min