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
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1977
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1978
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1979
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1980
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1981
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1982
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1983
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1984
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1985
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1986
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1987
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1988
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1989
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1990
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1991
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1992
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1993
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1994
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1995
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1996
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1997
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1998
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1999
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
2000
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min