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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Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1577
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1578
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1579
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1580
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1581
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1582
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1583
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1584
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1585
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1586
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1587
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1588
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1589
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1590
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1591
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1592
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1593
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1594
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1595
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1596
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1597
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1598
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1599
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1600
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min