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