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.
1976
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
1977
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
1978
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1979
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
1980
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1981
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
1982
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
1983
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
1984
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
1985
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min
1986
Porsha Olayiwola: "We Drink at the Attenuation ...
2 min
1987
Roger Reeves: "For Black Children at the End of...
3 min
1988
Angelo Geter: "Praise"
2 min
1989
Elizabeth Curtis Holman : "After a Reading of '...
1 min
1990
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Douce Souvenance"
1 min
1991
Yusef Komunyakaa and Laren McClung: from "Tradi...
6 min
1992
Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella: from "A Coda to ...
16 min
1993
Donte Collins: "they need some of us to die"
2 min
1994
Assétou Xango: "Give Your Daughters Difficult N...
4 min
1995
Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
1996
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
1997
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
1998
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
1999
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
2000
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min