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
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1952
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1953
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1954
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1955
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1956
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1957
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1958
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1959
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1960
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1961
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1962
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1963
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1964
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1965
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1966
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1967
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1968
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1969
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1970
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1971
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1972
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1973
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1974
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1975
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min