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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1951
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1952
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1953
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1954
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1955
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1956
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1957
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1958
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1959
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1960
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1961
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1962
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1963
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1964
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1965
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1966
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1967
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1968
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1969
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1970
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1971
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1972
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1973
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1974
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1975
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min