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
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1952
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1953
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1954
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1955
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1956
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1957
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1958
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1959
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1960
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1961
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1962
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1963
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1964
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1965
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1966
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1967
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1968
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1969
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1970
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1971
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1972
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1973
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1974
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1975
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min