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