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
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1627
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1628
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1629
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1630
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1631
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1632
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1633
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1634
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1635
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1636
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1637
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1638
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1639
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1640
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1641
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1642
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1643
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1644
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1645
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1646
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1647
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1648
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1649
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1650
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min