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
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1727
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1728
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1729
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1730
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1731
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1732
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1733
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1734
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1735
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1736
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1737
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1738
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1739
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1740
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1741
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1742
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1743
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1744
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1745
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1746
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1747
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1748
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1749
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1750
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min