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
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1977
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1978
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1979
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1980
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1981
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1982
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1983
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1984
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1985
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1986
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1987
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1988
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1989
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1990
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1991
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1992
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1993
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1994
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1995
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1996
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1997
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1998
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1999
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
2000
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min