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