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
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1952
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1953
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1954
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1955
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1956
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1957
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1958
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1959
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1960
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1961
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1962
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1963
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1964
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1965
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1966
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1967
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1968
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1969
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1970
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1971
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1972
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1973
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1974
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1975
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min