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.
1751
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1752
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1753
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1754
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1755
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1756
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1757
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1758
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1759
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1760
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1761
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1762
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1763
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1764
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1765
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1766
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1767
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1768
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1769
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1770
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1771
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1772
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1773
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1774
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1775
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min