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
Yusef Komunyakaa and Laren McClung: from "Tradi...
6 min
1977
Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella: from "A Coda to ...
16 min
1978
Donte Collins: "they need some of us to die"
2 min
1979
Assétou Xango: "Give Your Daughters Difficult N...
4 min
1980
Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
1981
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
1982
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
1983
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
1984
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
1985
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
1986
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1987
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
1988
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
1989
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
1990
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
1991
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
1992
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
1993
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
1994
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
1995
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
1996
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
1997
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
1998
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
1999
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
2000
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min