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
Carl Sandburg: "Monotone"
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1977
Effie Waller Smith: "The Rainbow"
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1978
Marilyn Kallet: "Beggar"
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1979
Marilyn Hacker: "Ghazal !يا لطيف (Ya Lateef!)"
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1980
Kimberly Blaeser: "The Way We Love Something Sm...
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1981
Katie Condon: "Big with Dawn"
1 min
1982
Elise Paschen: "Aerial, Wild Pine"
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1983
Rainer Maria Rilke: "In April"
1 min
1984
Fenton Johnson: "The Miracle"
1 min
1985
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen: "the pomegranate’s deci...
1 min
1986
Aracelis Girmay: "[When I come home they rush t...
2 min
1987
Allison Pitinii Davis: "The Function of Humor i...
1 min
1988
Ted Mathys: "Fool’s Gold"
1 min
1989
dg nanouk okpik: "When White Hawks Come"
https://poets.org/poem/when-white-hawks-come
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1990
Louise Bogan: "Words for Departure"
2 min
1991
Natalie Diaz: "lake-loop"
4 min
1992
Benjamin Garcia: "Bliss Point or What Can Best ...
2 min
1993
francine j. harris: "Rabbit"
2 min
1994
Erin Belieu: "She Returns to the Water"
3 min
1995
Aaron Coleman: "Another Strange Land: Downpour ...
2 min
1996
Emily Yong: "Gold Mountain"
4 min
1997
Marion Strobel: "Spring Morning"
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1998
Mahogany L. Browne: "The 19th Amendment & My Mama"
4 min
1999
Dan Chiasson: "Bloom (II)"
1 min
2000
Jenny George: "Migration"
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