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