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
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
1952
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
1953
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
1954
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
1955
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
1956
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
1957
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
1958
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
1959
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
1960
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
1961
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
1962
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1963
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
1964
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1965
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
1966
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
1967
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
1968
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
1969
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min
1970
Porsha Olayiwola: "We Drink at the Attenuation ...
2 min
1971
Roger Reeves: "For Black Children at the End of...
3 min
1972
Angelo Geter: "Praise"
2 min
1973
Elizabeth Curtis Holman : "After a Reading of '...
1 min
1974
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Douce Souvenance"
1 min
1975
Yusef Komunyakaa and Laren McClung: from "Tradi...
6 min