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
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premat...
1 min
2002
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
2003
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
2004
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
2005
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
2006
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
2007
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
2008
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
2009
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
2010
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
2011
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
2012
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
2013
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
2014
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
2015
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
2016
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
2017
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
2018
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
2019
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
2020
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
2021
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
2022
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
2023
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min
2024
Porsha Olayiwola: "We Drink at the Attenuation ...
2 min
2025
Roger Reeves: "For Black Children at the End of...
3 min