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.
1951
Rasheed Copeland: "When Puffy says, and we won’...
2 min
1952
Yesenia Montilla: "a brief meditation on breath"
3 min
1953
Jive Poetic: "Assume the Position"
2 min
1954
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Hope."
0 min
1955
James D. Corrothers: "Dream and the Song"
2 min
1956
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers: "Selah"
2 min
1957
Evie Shockley: "sonnet for the long second act"
2 min
1958
Cornelius Eady: "Diabolic"
2 min
1959
Derrick Harriell: "Underground King"
4 min
1960
Allison Joseph: "Untethered"
2 min
1961
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Go Give the World"
0 min
1962
J. W. Hammond: "The Optimist"
1 min
1963
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premat...
1 min
1964
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
1965
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
1966
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
1967
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
1968
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
1969
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
1970
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
1971
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
1972
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
1973
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
1974
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
1975
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min