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
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1752
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1753
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1754
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1755
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1756
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1757
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1758
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1759
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1760
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1761
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1762
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1763
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1764
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1765
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1766
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1767
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1768
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1769
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1770
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1771
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1772
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1773
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1774
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1775
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min