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