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
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
1952
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min
1953
Charles Bertram Johnson: "A Song of Hope"
1 min
1954
Emily Dickinson: "That is solemn we have ended,...
0 min
1955
Nate Klug: "Jasmine"
2 min
1956
Merrill Gilfillan: "Just After Dawn"
1 min
1957
Noah Ross: "echium swallows"
3 min
1958
Ely Shipley: "Hiatus"
2 min
1959
Genya Turovskaya: "Wisterical"
1 min
1960
Angelina Weld Grimké: "A Winter Twilight"
0 min
1961
Jones Very: "The Winter Bird"
1 min
1962
Michael Wasson: "So Call It Grace"
2 min
1963
Jenny Johnson: "Pedal"
3 min
1964
G. E. Patterson: "The Keeping Room"
4 min
1965
Eric Ekstrand: "Family Solo"
2 min
1966
Aditi Machado: "Then"
1 min
1967
Fenton Johnson: "Revery"
1 min
1968
Lola Ridge: "Altitude"
0 min
1969
Robyn Schiff: "Oak Gall Wasp"
4 min
1970
Anne Carson: "O Small Sad Ecstasy of Love"
0 min
1971
Zach Savich: "Rust Honey"
1 min
1972
Donna Stonecipher: "The Ruins of Nostalgia 59"
3 min
1973
Yona Harvey: "Hickory Street, New Orleans"
2 min
1974
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Villanelle"
1 min
1975
Mina Loy: "Love Songs (section III)"
0 min