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.

Books
1401
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1402
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1403
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1404
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1405
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1406
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1407
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1408
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1409
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1410
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1411
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1412
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1413
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1414
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1415
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1416
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1417
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1418
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1419
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1420
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1421
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1422
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1423
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1424
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1425
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min