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
Yusef Komunyakaa and Laren McClung: from "Tradi...
6 min
1952
Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella: from "A Coda to ...
16 min
1953
Donte Collins: "they need some of us to die"
2 min
1954
Assétou Xango: "Give Your Daughters Difficult N...
4 min
1955
Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
1956
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
1957
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
1958
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
1959
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
1960
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
1961
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1962
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
1963
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
1964
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
1965
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
1966
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
1967
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
1968
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
1969
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
1970
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
1971
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
1972
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
1973
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
1974
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
1975
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min