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
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
1952
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
1953
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
1954
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
1955
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
1956
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
1957
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
1958
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
1959
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
1960
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
1961
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
1962
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
1963
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1964
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
1965
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1966
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
1967
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
1968
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
1969
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
1970
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min
1971
Porsha Olayiwola: "We Drink at the Attenuation ...
2 min
1972
Roger Reeves: "For Black Children at the End of...
3 min
1973
Angelo Geter: "Praise"
2 min
1974
Elizabeth Curtis Holman : "After a Reading of '...
1 min
1975
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Douce Souvenance"
1 min