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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
2001
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
2002
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
2003
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
2004
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
2005
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
2006
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
2007
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
2008
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
2009
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min
2010
Naomi Shihab Nye: "On Doubt and Bad Reviews"
1 min
2011
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: "Wonder"
7 min
2012
Carl Sandburg: "Monotone"
0 min
2013
Effie Waller Smith: "The Rainbow"
0 min
2014
Marilyn Kallet: "Beggar"
0 min
2015
Marilyn Hacker: "Ghazal !يا لطيف (Ya Lateef!)"
1 min
2016
Kimberly Blaeser: "The Way We Love Something Sm...
0 min
2017
Katie Condon: "Big with Dawn"
1 min
2018
Elise Paschen: "Aerial, Wild Pine"
1 min
2019
Rainer Maria Rilke: "In April"
1 min
2020
Fenton Johnson: "The Miracle"
1 min
2021
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen: "the pomegranate’s deci...
1 min
2022
Aracelis Girmay: "[When I come home they rush t...
2 min
2023
Allison Pitinii Davis: "The Function of Humor i...
1 min
2024
Ted Mathys: "Fool’s Gold"
1 min
2025
dg nanouk okpik: "When White Hawks Come"
https://poets.org/poem/when-white-hawks-come
0 min