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
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
2002
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
2003
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
2004
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
2005
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
2006
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
2007
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
2008
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
2009
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
2010
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
2011
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
2012
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
2013
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min
2014
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
2 min
2015
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
11 min
2016
Sandra Gustin: "Cause of Death"
5 min
2017
Ina Coolbrith: "After the Winter Rain"
2 min
2018
Margaret Noodin: "Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream...
3 min
2019
Luisa A. Igloria: "Custody"
6 min
2020
Don Mee Choi: "Berlin: 28.6.2019"
5 min
2021
Mariah Bosch: "Obituary Generator"
3 min
2022
Desiree C. Bailey: "Ex(ile)"
4 min
2023
Achy Obejas: "In Response to the Murder of Elev...
7 min
2024
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Wind"
2 min
2025
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min