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.
1626
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1627
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1628
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1629
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1630
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1631
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1632
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1633
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1634
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1635
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1636
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1637
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1638
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1639
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1640
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1641
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1642
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1643
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1644
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1645
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1646
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1647
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1648
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1649
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1650
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min