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
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min
1977
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the b...
2 min
1978
Jason Reynolds: "Match"
1 min
1979
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor: "After Robert Fuller"
2 min
1980
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Puppet Player"
0 min
1981
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "I Saw You"
1 min
1982
Crystal Valentine: "This Little Light of Mine S...
4 min
1983
Luther Hughes: "My Mother, My Mother"
4 min
1984
Rasheed Copeland: "When Puffy says, and we won’...
2 min
1985
Yesenia Montilla: "a brief meditation on breath"
3 min
1986
Jive Poetic: "Assume the Position"
2 min
1987
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Hope."
0 min
1988
James D. Corrothers: "Dream and the Song"
2 min
1989
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers: "Selah"
2 min
1990
Evie Shockley: "sonnet for the long second act"
2 min
1991
Cornelius Eady: "Diabolic"
2 min
1992
Derrick Harriell: "Underground King"
4 min
1993
Allison Joseph: "Untethered"
2 min
1994
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Go Give the World"
0 min
1995
J. W. Hammond: "The Optimist"
1 min
1996
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premat...
1 min
1997
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
1998
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
1999
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
2000
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min