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
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1977
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1978
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1979
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1980
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1981
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1982
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1983
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1984
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1985
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1986
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1987
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1988
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1989
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1990
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1991
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1992
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1993
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1994
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1995
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1996
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1997
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1998
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1999
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
2000
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min