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
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
2002
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
2003
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
2004
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
2005
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
2006
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
2007
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
2008
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
2009
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
2010
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
2011
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
2012
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
2013
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
2014
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
2015
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
2016
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
2017
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
2018
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
2019
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
2020
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
2021
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
2022
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
2023
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
2024
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
2025
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min