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