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
Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
1977
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
1978
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
1979
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
1980
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
1981
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
1982
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1983
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
1984
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
1985
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
1986
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
1987
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
1988
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
1989
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
1990
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
1991
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
1992
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
1993
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
1994
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
1995
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
1996
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
1997
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
1998
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
1999
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
2000
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min