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
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
2027
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
2028
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
2029
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
2030
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
2031
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
2032
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
2033
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
2034
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
2035
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
2036
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
2037
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
2038
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
2039
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
2040
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
2041
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
2042
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
2043
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
2044
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
2045
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
2046
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
2047
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
2048
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
2049
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
2050
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min