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
Naomi Shihab Nye: "On Doubt and Bad Reviews"
1 min
2002
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: "Wonder"
7 min
2003
Carl Sandburg: "Monotone"
0 min
2004
Effie Waller Smith: "The Rainbow"
0 min
2005
Marilyn Kallet: "Beggar"
0 min
2006
Marilyn Hacker: "Ghazal !يا لطيف (Ya Lateef!)"
1 min
2007
Kimberly Blaeser: "The Way We Love Something Sm...
0 min
2008
Katie Condon: "Big with Dawn"
1 min
2009
Elise Paschen: "Aerial, Wild Pine"
1 min
2010
Rainer Maria Rilke: "In April"
1 min
2011
Fenton Johnson: "The Miracle"
1 min
2012
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen: "the pomegranate’s deci...
1 min
2013
Aracelis Girmay: "[When I come home they rush t...
2 min
2014
Allison Pitinii Davis: "The Function of Humor i...
1 min
2015
Ted Mathys: "Fool’s Gold"
1 min
2016
dg nanouk okpik: "When White Hawks Come"
https://poets.org/poem/when-white-hawks-come
0 min
2017
Louise Bogan: "Words for Departure"
2 min
2018
Natalie Diaz: "lake-loop"
4 min
2019
Benjamin Garcia: "Bliss Point or What Can Best ...
2 min
2020
francine j. harris: "Rabbit"
2 min
2021
Erin Belieu: "She Returns to the Water"
3 min
2022
Aaron Coleman: "Another Strange Land: Downpour ...
2 min
2023
Emily Yong: "Gold Mountain"
4 min
2024
Marion Strobel: "Spring Morning"
0 min
2025
Mahogany L. Browne: "The 19th Amendment & My Mama"
4 min