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.
1726
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1727
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1728
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1729
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1730
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1731
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1732
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1733
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1734
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1735
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1736
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1737
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1738
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1739
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1740
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1741
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1742
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1743
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1744
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1745
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1746
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1747
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1748
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1749
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1750
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min