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
Dante Di Stefano: "My Eighteen-Month-Old Daught...
2 min
1977
Rae Armantrout: "On Growth"
0 min
1978
Rosa Alcalá: "You Rode a Loop"
2 min
1979
Srikanth Reddy: Winter Term XV, from Underworld...
1 min
1980
Maureen N. McLane: From A Book of Hours
1 min
1981
Kiki Petrosino: "Louisa County Patrol Claims, 1...
1 min
1982
Libbie C. Baer: "When My Soul Findeth Wings"
1 min
1983
Claire Wahmanholm: "O"
1 min
1984
Zoë Hitzig: "I Looked on My Right Hand and Behe...
2 min
1985
Cedar Sigo: "Struggle Itself"
1 min
1986
Luci Tapahonso: "This Morning"
4 min
1987
Kristina Martino: "All I Can Have are Field Rec...
2 min
1988
Carolina Ebeid: "(disambiguation of miriam)"
1 min
1989
Alexander Posey: "My Hermitage"
2 min
1990
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
1991
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
1992
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
1993
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
1994
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
1995
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
1996
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
1997
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
1998
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
1999
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
2000
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min