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