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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1976
Luther Hughes: "My Mother, My Mother"
4 min
1977
Rasheed Copeland: "When Puffy says, and we won’...
2 min
1978
Yesenia Montilla: "a brief meditation on breath"
3 min
1979
Jive Poetic: "Assume the Position"
2 min
1980
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Hope."
0 min
1981
James D. Corrothers: "Dream and the Song"
2 min
1982
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers: "Selah"
2 min
1983
Evie Shockley: "sonnet for the long second act"
2 min
1984
Cornelius Eady: "Diabolic"
2 min
1985
Derrick Harriell: "Underground King"
4 min
1986
Allison Joseph: "Untethered"
2 min
1987
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Go Give the World"
0 min
1988
J. W. Hammond: "The Optimist"
1 min
1989
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premat...
1 min
1990
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
1991
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
1992
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
1993
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
1994
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
1995
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
1996
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
1997
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
1998
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
1999
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
2000
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min