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.
1701
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1702
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1703
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1704
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1705
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1706
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1707
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1708
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1709
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1710
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1711
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1712
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1713
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1714
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1715
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1716
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1717
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1718
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1719
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1720
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1721
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1722
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1723
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1724
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1725
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min