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