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