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
W. B. Yeats: "VI—The Stare’s Nest By My Window"
1 min
1977
Dante Di Stefano: "My Eighteen-Month-Old Daught...
2 min
1978
Rae Armantrout: "On Growth"
0 min
1979
Rosa Alcalá: "You Rode a Loop"
2 min
1980
Srikanth Reddy: Winter Term XV, from Underworld...
1 min
1981
Maureen N. McLane: From A Book of Hours
1 min
1982
Kiki Petrosino: "Louisa County Patrol Claims, 1...
1 min
1983
Libbie C. Baer: "When My Soul Findeth Wings"
1 min
1984
Claire Wahmanholm: "O"
1 min
1985
Zoë Hitzig: "I Looked on My Right Hand and Behe...
2 min
1986
Cedar Sigo: "Struggle Itself"
1 min
1987
Luci Tapahonso: "This Morning"
4 min
1988
Kristina Martino: "All I Can Have are Field Rec...
2 min
1989
Carolina Ebeid: "(disambiguation of miriam)"
1 min
1990
Alexander Posey: "My Hermitage"
2 min
1991
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
1992
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
1993
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
1994
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
1995
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
1996
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
1997
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
1998
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
1999
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
2000
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min