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
Như Xuân Nguyễn: "The Moons of Neptune"
3 min
1702
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sash...
15 min
1703
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
1 min
1704
Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
2 min
1705
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
1706
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
1707
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
1708
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
1709
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1710
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1711
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1712
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1713
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1714
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1715
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1716
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1717
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1718
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1719
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1720
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1721
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1722
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1723
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1724
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1725
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min