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
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
2002
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
2003
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
2004
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
2005
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
2006
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
2007
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
2008
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
2009
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
2010
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
2011
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
2012
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
2013
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
2014
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
2015
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
2016
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
2017
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
2018
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
2019
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
2020
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
2021
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
2022
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
2023
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
2024
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
2025
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min