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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1951
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
1952
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1953
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
1954
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
1955
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
1956
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
1957
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
1958
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
1959
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
1960
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
1961
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
1962
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
1963
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
1964
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
1965
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
1966
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
1967
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
1968
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
1969
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
1970
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min
1971
Lidija Dimkovska: "Journey"
5 min
1972
Marilyn Chin: "Sage #3"
1 min
1973
Martha Collins: "Again Later"
0 min
1974
Paisley Rekdal: "有 識: Have Knowledge"
1 min
1975
W. B. Yeats: "VI—The Stare’s Nest By My Window"
1 min