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
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
1977
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
1978
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
1979
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
1980
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
1981
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
1982
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
1983
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
1984
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
1985
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1986
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
1987
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1988
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
1989
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
1990
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
1991
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
1992
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min
1993
Porsha Olayiwola: "We Drink at the Attenuation ...
2 min
1994
Roger Reeves: "For Black Children at the End of...
3 min
1995
Angelo Geter: "Praise"
2 min
1996
Elizabeth Curtis Holman : "After a Reading of '...
1 min
1997
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Douce Souvenance"
1 min
1998
Yusef Komunyakaa and Laren McClung: from "Tradi...
6 min
1999
Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella: from "A Coda to ...
16 min
2000
Donte Collins: "they need some of us to die"
2 min