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
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
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1952
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
1953
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
1954
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
1955
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1956
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
1957
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
1958
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
1959
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
1960
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
1961
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
1962
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
1963
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
1964
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
1965
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
1966
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
1967
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
1968
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
1969
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
1970
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
1971
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
1972
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
1973
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min
1974
Lidija Dimkovska: "Journey"
5 min
1975
Marilyn Chin: "Sage #3"
1 min