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
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1977
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1978
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1979
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1980
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1981
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1982
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1983
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1984
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1985
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1986
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1987
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1988
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1989
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1990
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1991
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1992
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1993
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1994
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1995
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1996
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1997
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1998
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1999
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
2000
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min