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
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1752
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1753
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1754
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1755
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1756
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1757
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1758
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1759
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1760
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1761
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1762
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1763
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1764
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1765
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1766
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1767
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1768
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1769
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1770
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1771
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1772
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1773
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1774
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1775
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min