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
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1627
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1628
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1629
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1630
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1631
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1632
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1633
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1634
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1635
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1636
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1637
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1638
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1639
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1640
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1641
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1642
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1643
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1644
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1645
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1646
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1647
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1648
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1649
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1650
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min