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
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1977
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1978
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1979
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1980
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1981
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1982
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1983
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1984
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1985
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1986
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1987
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1988
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1989
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1990
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1991
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1992
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1993
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1994
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1995
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1996
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1997
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1998
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1999
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
2000
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min