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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Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
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Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1653
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1654
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1655
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1656
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1657
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1658
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1659
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1660
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1661
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1662
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1663
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1664
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1665
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1666
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1667
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1668
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1669
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1670
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1671
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1672
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1673
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1674
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1675
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min