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