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
Donna Stonecipher: "The Ruins of Nostalgia 59"
3 min
2002
Yona Harvey: "Hickory Street, New Orleans"
2 min
2003
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Villanelle"
1 min
2004
Mina Loy: "Love Songs (section III)"
0 min
2005
Richard Siken: "Real Estate"
2 min
2006
Eileen Myles: "Howl"
0 min
2007
Raquel Gutiérrez: "Would It Kill Me To Be A Nic...
1 min
2008
Mark McMorris: "The Thought of the World"
3 min
2009
b: william bearhart: "No More Fire Here: A Ses...
3 min
2010
John Rollin Ridge: "Random Thoughts of Her"
1 min
2011
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: from “Sonnets from the Ch...
1 min
2012
Ishmael Angaluuk Hope: "Dance Practice"
1 min
2013
Gordon Henry: "It was Snowing on the Monuments"
3 min
2014
Janet McAdams: "Lie"
2 min
2015
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
2016
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
2017
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
2018
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
2019
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
2020
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
2021
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
2022
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
2023
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
2024
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
2025
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min