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