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
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
2002
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
2003
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
2004
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
2005
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
2006
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
2007
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
2008
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
2009
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
2010
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
2011
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
2012
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
2013
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
2014
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
2015
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
2016
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
2017
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
2018
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
2019
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
2020
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
2021
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
2022
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
2023
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
2024
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
2025
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min