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
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1977
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
1978
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1979
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1980
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1981
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1982
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1983
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1984
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1985
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1986
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1987
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1988
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1989
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1990
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1991
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1992
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1993
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1994
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1995
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1996
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1997
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1998
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1999
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
2000
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min