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
Dante Di Stefano: "My Eighteen-Month-Old Daught...
2 min
1952
Rae Armantrout: "On Growth"
0 min
1953
Rosa Alcalá: "You Rode a Loop"
2 min
1954
Srikanth Reddy: Winter Term XV, from Underworld...
1 min
1955
Maureen N. McLane: From A Book of Hours
1 min
1956
Kiki Petrosino: "Louisa County Patrol Claims, 1...
1 min
1957
Libbie C. Baer: "When My Soul Findeth Wings"
1 min
1958
Claire Wahmanholm: "O"
1 min
1959
Zoë Hitzig: "I Looked on My Right Hand and Behe...
2 min
1960
Cedar Sigo: "Struggle Itself"
1 min
1961
Luci Tapahonso: "This Morning"
4 min
1962
Kristina Martino: "All I Can Have are Field Rec...
2 min
1963
Carolina Ebeid: "(disambiguation of miriam)"
1 min
1964
Alexander Posey: "My Hermitage"
2 min
1965
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
1966
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
1967
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
1968
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
1969
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
1970
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
1971
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
1972
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
1973
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
1974
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
1975
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min