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
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
2002
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
2003
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
2004
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
2005
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
2006
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
2007
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
2008
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
2009
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
2010
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
2011
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
2012
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
2013
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
2014
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
2015
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
2016
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
2017
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
2018
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
2019
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
2020
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
2021
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
2022
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
2023
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
2024
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
2025
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min