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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Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1452
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1453
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1454
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1455
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1456
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1457
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1458
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1459
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1460
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1461
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1462
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1463
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1464
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1465
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1466
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1467
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1468
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1469
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1470
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1471
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1472
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1473
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1474
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1475
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min