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.
1976
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sash...
15 min
1977
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
1 min
1978
Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
2 min
1979
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
1980
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
1981
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
1982
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
1983
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1984
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1985
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1986
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1987
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1988
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1989
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1990
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1991
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1992
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1993
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1994
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1995
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1996
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1997
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1998
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1999
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
2000
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min