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
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1952
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1953
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1954
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1955
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1956
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1957
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
1958
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
1959
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min
1960
Charles Bertram Johnson: "A Song of Hope"
1 min
1961
Emily Dickinson: "That is solemn we have ended,...
0 min
1962
Nate Klug: "Jasmine"
2 min
1963
Merrill Gilfillan: "Just After Dawn"
1 min
1964
Noah Ross: "echium swallows"
3 min
1965
Ely Shipley: "Hiatus"
2 min
1966
Genya Turovskaya: "Wisterical"
1 min
1967
Angelina Weld Grimké: "A Winter Twilight"
0 min
1968
Jones Very: "The Winter Bird"
1 min
1969
Michael Wasson: "So Call It Grace"
2 min
1970
Jenny Johnson: "Pedal"
3 min
1971
G. E. Patterson: "The Keeping Room"
4 min
1972
Eric Ekstrand: "Family Solo"
2 min
1973
Aditi Machado: "Then"
1 min
1974
Fenton Johnson: "Revery"
1 min
1975
Lola Ridge: "Altitude"
0 min