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
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
2002
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
2003
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
2004
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
2005
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
2006
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
2007
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
2008
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
2009
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
2010
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
2011
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
2012
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
2013
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
2014
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
2015
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
2016
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
2017
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
2018
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
2019
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
2020
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
2021
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
2022
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
2023
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
2024
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
2025
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min