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
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min
2002
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
2 min
2003
Jasmine Reid: "where all, we flowers"
3 min
2004
Roya Marsh: "Rememory"
2 min
2005
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time emplo...
4 min
2006
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min
2007
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
2008
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
2009
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
2010
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
2011
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
2012
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
2013
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
2014
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
2015
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
2016
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
2017
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
2018
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
2019
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
2020
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
2021
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
2022
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
2023
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
2024
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
2025
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min