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
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1952
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1953
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1954
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1955
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1956
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1957
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1958
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1959
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1960
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1961
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1962
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1963
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1964
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1965
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1966
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1967
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1968
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1969
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1970
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1971
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1972
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1973
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1974
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1975
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min