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
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1977
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1978
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1979
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1980
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1981
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1982
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
1983
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1984
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1985
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1986
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1987
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1988
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1989
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1990
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1991
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1992
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1993
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1994
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1995
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1996
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1997
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1998
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1999
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
2000
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min