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
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
2002
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
2003
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
2004
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
2005
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
2006
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min
2007
Charles Bertram Johnson: "A Song of Hope"
1 min
2008
Emily Dickinson: "That is solemn we have ended,...
0 min
2009
Nate Klug: "Jasmine"
2 min
2010
Merrill Gilfillan: "Just After Dawn"
1 min
2011
Noah Ross: "echium swallows"
3 min
2012
Ely Shipley: "Hiatus"
2 min
2013
Genya Turovskaya: "Wisterical"
1 min
2014
Angelina Weld Grimké: "A Winter Twilight"
0 min
2015
Jones Very: "The Winter Bird"
1 min
2016
Michael Wasson: "So Call It Grace"
2 min
2017
Jenny Johnson: "Pedal"
3 min
2018
G. E. Patterson: "The Keeping Room"
4 min
2019
Eric Ekstrand: "Family Solo"
2 min
2020
Aditi Machado: "Then"
1 min
2021
Fenton Johnson: "Revery"
1 min
2022
Lola Ridge: "Altitude"
0 min
2023
Robyn Schiff: "Oak Gall Wasp"
4 min
2024
Anne Carson: "O Small Sad Ecstasy of Love"
0 min
2025
Zach Savich: "Rust Honey"
1 min