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.
1201
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1202
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1203
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1204
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1205
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1206
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1207
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1208
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1209
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1210
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1211
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1212
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1213
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1214
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1215
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1216
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1217
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1218
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1219
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1220
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1221
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1222
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1223
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1224
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1225
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min