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
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1977
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1978
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1979
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1980
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1981
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
1982
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
1983
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min
1984
Charles Bertram Johnson: "A Song of Hope"
1 min
1985
Emily Dickinson: "That is solemn we have ended,...
0 min
1986
Nate Klug: "Jasmine"
2 min
1987
Merrill Gilfillan: "Just After Dawn"
1 min
1988
Noah Ross: "echium swallows"
3 min
1989
Ely Shipley: "Hiatus"
2 min
1990
Genya Turovskaya: "Wisterical"
1 min
1991
Angelina Weld Grimké: "A Winter Twilight"
0 min
1992
Jones Very: "The Winter Bird"
1 min
1993
Michael Wasson: "So Call It Grace"
2 min
1994
Jenny Johnson: "Pedal"
3 min
1995
G. E. Patterson: "The Keeping Room"
4 min
1996
Eric Ekstrand: "Family Solo"
2 min
1997
Aditi Machado: "Then"
1 min
1998
Fenton Johnson: "Revery"
1 min
1999
Lola Ridge: "Altitude"
0 min
2000
Robyn Schiff: "Oak Gall Wasp"
4 min