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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Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
1677
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
1678
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1679
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1680
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1681
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1682
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1683
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1684
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1685
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1686
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1687
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1688
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1689
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1690
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1691
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1692
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1693
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1694
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1695
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1696
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1697
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1698
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1699
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1700
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min