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