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
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
2027
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
2028
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
2029
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
2030
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
2031
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
2032
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
2033
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
2034
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
2035
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
2036
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
2037
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
2038
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
2039
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
2040
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
2041
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
2042
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
2043
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
2044
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
2045
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min
2046
Lidija Dimkovska: "Journey"
5 min
2047
Marilyn Chin: "Sage #3"
1 min
2048
Martha Collins: "Again Later"
0 min
2049
Paisley Rekdal: "有 識: Have Knowledge"
1 min
2050
W. B. Yeats: "VI—The Stare’s Nest By My Window"
1 min