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
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
2002
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
2003
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
2004
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
2005
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
2006
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
2007
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
2008
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
2009
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
2010
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
2011
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
2012
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
2013
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
2014
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
2015
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
2016
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
2017
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
2018
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
2019
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
2020
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
2021
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
2022
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
2023
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
2024
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
2025
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min