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
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1952
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1953
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1954
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1955
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1956
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1957
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1958
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1959
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1960
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1961
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1962
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1963
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1964
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1965
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1966
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1967
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1968
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1969
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1970
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1971
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1972
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1973
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1974
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1975
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min