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
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
2002
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
2003
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
2004
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
2005
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
2006
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
2007
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
2008
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
2009
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
2010
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
2011
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
2012
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
2013
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
2014
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
2015
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
2016
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
2017
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
2018
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
2019
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
2020
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
2021
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
2022
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
2023
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
2024
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
2025
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min