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
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1952
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
1953
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
1954
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
1955
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
1956
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min
1957
Porsha Olayiwola: "We Drink at the Attenuation ...
2 min
1958
Roger Reeves: "For Black Children at the End of...
3 min
1959
Angelo Geter: "Praise"
2 min
1960
Elizabeth Curtis Holman : "After a Reading of '...
1 min
1961
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Douce Souvenance"
1 min
1962
Yusef Komunyakaa and Laren McClung: from "Tradi...
6 min
1963
Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella: from "A Coda to ...
16 min
1964
Donte Collins: "they need some of us to die"
2 min
1965
Assétou Xango: "Give Your Daughters Difficult N...
4 min
1966
Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
1967
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
1968
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
1969
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
1970
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
1971
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
1972
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1973
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
1974
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
1975
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min