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
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1727
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1728
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1729
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1730
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1731
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1732
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1733
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1734
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1735
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1736
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1737
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1738
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1739
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1740
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1741
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1742
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1743
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1744
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1745
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1746
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1747
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1748
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1749
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1750
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min