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.
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Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1352
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1353
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1354
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1355
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1356
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1357
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1358
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1359
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1360
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1361
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1362
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1363
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1364
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1365
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1366
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1367
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1368
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1369
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1370
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1371
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1372
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1373
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1374
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1375
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min