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