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
Naomi Shihab Nye: "On Doubt and Bad Reviews"
1 min
1977
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: "Wonder"
7 min
1978
Carl Sandburg: "Monotone"
0 min
1979
Effie Waller Smith: "The Rainbow"
0 min
1980
Marilyn Kallet: "Beggar"
0 min
1981
Marilyn Hacker: "Ghazal !يا لطيف (Ya Lateef!)"
1 min
1982
Kimberly Blaeser: "The Way We Love Something Sm...
0 min
1983
Katie Condon: "Big with Dawn"
1 min
1984
Elise Paschen: "Aerial, Wild Pine"
1 min
1985
Rainer Maria Rilke: "In April"
1 min
1986
Fenton Johnson: "The Miracle"
1 min
1987
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen: "the pomegranate’s deci...
1 min
1988
Aracelis Girmay: "[When I come home they rush t...
2 min
1989
Allison Pitinii Davis: "The Function of Humor i...
1 min
1990
Ted Mathys: "Fool’s Gold"
1 min
1991
dg nanouk okpik: "When White Hawks Come"
https://poets.org/poem/when-white-hawks-come
0 min
1992
Louise Bogan: "Words for Departure"
2 min
1993
Natalie Diaz: "lake-loop"
4 min
1994
Benjamin Garcia: "Bliss Point or What Can Best ...
2 min
1995
francine j. harris: "Rabbit"
2 min
1996
Erin Belieu: "She Returns to the Water"
3 min
1997
Aaron Coleman: "Another Strange Land: Downpour ...
2 min
1998
Emily Yong: "Gold Mountain"
4 min
1999
Marion Strobel: "Spring Morning"
0 min
2000
Mahogany L. Browne: "The 19th Amendment & My Mama"
4 min