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