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
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1952
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1953
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1954
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1955
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1956
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1957
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1958
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1959
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1960
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1961
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1962
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1963
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1964
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1965
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1966
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1967
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1968
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1969
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1970
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1971
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1972
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1973
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1974
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1975
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min