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