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
James D. Corrothers: "Dream and the Song"
2 min
2002
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers: "Selah"
2 min
2003
Evie Shockley: "sonnet for the long second act"
2 min
2004
Cornelius Eady: "Diabolic"
2 min
2005
Derrick Harriell: "Underground King"
4 min
2006
Allison Joseph: "Untethered"
2 min
2007
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Go Give the World"
0 min
2008
J. W. Hammond: "The Optimist"
1 min
2009
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premat...
1 min
2010
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
2011
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
2012
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
2013
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
2014
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
2015
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
2016
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
2017
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
2018
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
2019
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
2020
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
2021
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
2022
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
2023
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
2024
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
2025
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min