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
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
2027
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
2028
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
2029
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
2030
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
2031
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
2032
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
2033
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
2034
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min
2035
Naomi Shihab Nye: "On Doubt and Bad Reviews"
1 min
2036
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: "Wonder"
7 min
2037
Carl Sandburg: "Monotone"
0 min
2038
Effie Waller Smith: "The Rainbow"
0 min
2039
Marilyn Kallet: "Beggar"
0 min
2040
Marilyn Hacker: "Ghazal !يا لطيف (Ya Lateef!)"
1 min
2041
Kimberly Blaeser: "The Way We Love Something Sm...
0 min
2042
Katie Condon: "Big with Dawn"
1 min
2043
Elise Paschen: "Aerial, Wild Pine"
1 min
2044
Rainer Maria Rilke: "In April"
1 min
2045
Fenton Johnson: "The Miracle"
1 min
2046
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen: "the pomegranate’s deci...
1 min
2047
Aracelis Girmay: "[When I come home they rush t...
2 min
2048
Allison Pitinii Davis: "The Function of Humor i...
1 min
2049
Ted Mathys: "Fool’s Gold"
1 min
2050
dg nanouk okpik: "When White Hawks Come"
https://poets.org/poem/when-white-hawks-come
0 min