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
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
2002
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
2003
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
2004
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
2005
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
2006
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
2007
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
2008
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
2009
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
2010
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
2011
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
2012
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
2013
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
2014
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
2015
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
2016
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
2017
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
2018
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
2019
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
2020
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
2021
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
2022
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
2023
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
2024
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
2025
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min