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
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1977
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1978
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1979
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1980
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1981
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1982
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1983
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1984
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1985
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1986
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1987
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1988
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1989
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1990
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1991
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1992
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1993
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1994
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1995
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1996
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1997
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1998
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1999
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
2000
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min