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.
2026
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
2027
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
2028
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
2029
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
2030
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
2031
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
2032
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
2033
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
2034
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
2035
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
2036
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
2037
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
2038
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
2039
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
2040
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
2041
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
2042
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
2043
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
2044
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
2045
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
2046
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
2047
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
2048
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
2049
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
2050
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min