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.
2026
Assétou Xango: "Give Your Daughters Difficult N...
4 min
2027
Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
2028
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
2029
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
2030
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
2031
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
2032
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
2033
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
2034
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
2035
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
2036
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
2037
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
2038
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
2039
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
2040
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
2041
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
2042
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
2043
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
2044
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
2045
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
2046
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
2047
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
2048
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
2049
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
2050
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min