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
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1952
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1953
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1954
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1955
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1956
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1957
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1958
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1959
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1960
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1961
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1962
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1963
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1964
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1965
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1966
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1967
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1968
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1969
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1970
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1971
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1972
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1973
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1974
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1975
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min