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
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1952
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1953
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1954
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1955
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1956
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1957
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1958
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1959
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min
1960
Roy G. Guzmán: excerpt from "The Age of Aquarius"
4 min
1961
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "America Is Loving Me to ...
3 min
1962
Rena Priest: "The Index"
2 min
1963
James Cihlar: "The Way Words Echo in Our Heads"
1 min
1964
Margaret Noodin: "Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other"
2 min
1965
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
1966
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
1967
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1968
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1969
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1970
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1971
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1972
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1973
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1974
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
1975
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min