Poem of the Day, 3 Jan 2026 bis
Warsan Shire is a Somali-British poet. Author of 'Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth'. She won the 2014 Brunel University African Poetry Prize, acclaimed for her powerful explorations of war, migration, and womanhood.
Poem of the Day, 3 Jan 2026
Charles Bukowski was an American poet of raw realism. His major poetry book "Love Is a Dog from Hell" defined his style. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1947.
Poem of the Day, 2 Jan 2026
Rethabile Masilo is a Mosotho poet, author of Waslap (2015), which won the 2016 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry. Waslap also features his award-winning poem “Swimming.” Rethabile means "We're happy". If you didn't know, now you know.
Poem of the Day, 1 Jan 2026
Angelou’s work spans poetry, autobiography, drama, and civil rights writing, distinguished by its lyrical language, moral clarity, and deep engagement with Black history and womanhood in America. Her groundbreaking autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" reshaped life writing by centrering Black female experience with candour and dignity. Angelou received numerous honours, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2010, recognizing her enduring cultural and literary impact.
Poem of the Day, 31 Dec 2025
W. S. Merwin’s work is noted for its spare, unpunctuated lyricism and its ethical engagement with history, ecology, and spiritual loss. His influential book "The Lice" (1967) marked a turning point toward political and environmental themes. He received numerous honors, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
Poem of the Day, 29 Dec 2025
Robert Frost was a major American poet known for deceptively simple language, rural New England settings, and philosophical depth. His influential book North of Boston solidified his reputation, and he won an unprecedented four Pulitzer Prizes, marking a defining literary achievement.
Poem of the Day, 28 Dec 2025
Anne Sexton was a US confessional poet whose work explored mental illness, family life, religion, and gender with stark candor. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1967 for "Live or Die", and a significant later book is "Transformations" (1971), her reimagining of Grimm fairy tales.
Poem of the Day, 27 Dec 2025
Rowland's a poet whose work explores nature and everyday moments. She's the author of "No Small Thing" (Fernwood Press, 2023), and her poems have received Best of the Net nominations.
Poem of the Day, 26 Dec 2025
Martin Niemöller is best known for his postwar poem "First They Came…", a warning about the danger of staying silent when others are persecuted.
Season's Greetings and Sincere Wishes
“Season’s Wishes” are in order. May this year-end take away the misery of war and bring us a joyous life of peace.
Poem of the Day, 24 Dec 2025
As a poet, Julia Carter Aldrich was deeply engaged in the mid-twentieth-century literary milieu, publishing poems in numerous journals and reading widely, particularly among emerging women poets. Her work circulated primarily through periodicals, readings, and community literary spaces rather than major prize culture or landmark single-author volumes.
Poem of the Day, 23 Dec 2025
W. B. Yeats’s work shaped modern poetry through symbolism, myth, and Irish nationalism. He received the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature, and his influential collection "The Tower" exemplifies his mature, visionary style.
Poem of the Day, 21 Dec 2025
Justice's poetry is celebrated for its masterful formalism, emotional restraint, and explorations of memory, loss, and time. A "poet's poet," he excelled in traditional forms while delving into personal and universal themes of nostalgia. His famous collection Selected Poems (1979) earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1980
Poem of the Day, 20 Dec 2025
Yusef Komunyakaa is an American poet whose vivid language explores war, memory, and race; his book 'Neon Vernacular' won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and remains influential today internationally.
Poem of the Day, 19 Dec 2025
Tyehimba Jess is known for formally inventive poetry that blends history, music, and African American archival voices. His book 'Olio' reconstructs the lives of Black performers and won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, earning wide critical acclaim for its experimental structure.
Poem of the Day, 18 Dec 2025
Joy Harjo’s poetry blends Indigenous history, music, and spirituality, exploring identity and survival; she won the Ruth Lilly Prize and served as the first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate nationally.
Poem of the Day, 17 Dec 2025
Rupert Brooke wrote idealistic, lyrical poetry celebrating beauty, youth, and patriotism. His famous collection '1914 and Other Poems' made him the iconic poetic voice of early World War I.
Poem of the Day, 16 Dec 2025
Known for spare, lyrical poems on love, loss, and solitude; most famous book Refusing Heaven, winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
Poem of the Day, 15 Dec 2025
After nearly four decades in exile, Nhất Hạnh returned to Vietnam in 2005. In 2018, he made his final homecoming to his root temple, Từ Hiếu Temple, where he spent his remaining years until his death in 2022 at the age of 95. Renowned for influential works such as 'The Miracle of Mindfulness' and 'Peace Is Every Step', he remained a central figure in global Buddhist thought and practice to the end of his life.
Poem of the Day, 13 Dec 2025
Dubbed “the most popular poet in America” by Bruce Weber in the New York Times, Billy Collins is famous for conversational, witty poems that welcome readers with humor but often slip into quirky, tender, or profound observation on the everyday, reading and writing, and poetry itself. [Poetry Foundation]
