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
Kristina Martino: "All I Can Have are Field Rec...
2 min
2002
Carolina Ebeid: "(disambiguation of miriam)"
1 min
2003
Alexander Posey: "My Hermitage"
2 min
2004
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
2005
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
2006
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
2007
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
2008
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
2009
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
2010
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
2011
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
2012
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
2013
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
2014
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min
2015
Naomi Shihab Nye: "On Doubt and Bad Reviews"
1 min
2016
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: "Wonder"
7 min
2017
Carl Sandburg: "Monotone"
0 min
2018
Effie Waller Smith: "The Rainbow"
0 min
2019
Marilyn Kallet: "Beggar"
0 min
2020
Marilyn Hacker: "Ghazal !يا لطيف (Ya Lateef!)"
1 min
2021
Kimberly Blaeser: "The Way We Love Something Sm...
0 min
2022
Katie Condon: "Big with Dawn"
1 min
2023
Elise Paschen: "Aerial, Wild Pine"
1 min
2024
Rainer Maria Rilke: "In April"
1 min
2025
Fenton Johnson: "The Miracle"
1 min