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
Derrick Harriell: "Underground King"
4 min
1977
Allison Joseph: "Untethered"
2 min
1978
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Go Give the World"
0 min
1979
J. W. Hammond: "The Optimist"
1 min
1980
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premat...
1 min
1981
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
1982
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
1983
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
1984
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
1985
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
1986
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
1987
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
1988
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
1989
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
1990
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
1991
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
1992
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
1993
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
1994
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
1995
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1996
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
1997
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1998
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
1999
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
2000
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min