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