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
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1977
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1978
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1979
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1980
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1981
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1982
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1983
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1984
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1985
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1986
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1987
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1988
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1989
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1990
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1991
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1992
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1993
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1994
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1995
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1996
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1997
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1998
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1999
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min
2000
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min