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
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
2002
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
2003
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
2004
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
2005
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
2006
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
2007
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
2008
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
2009
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
2010
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
2011
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
2012
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
2013
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
2014
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
2015
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
2016
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
2017
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
2018
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
2019
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
2020
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
2021
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
2022
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
2023
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
2024
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
2025
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min