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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1776
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1777
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1778
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1779
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1780
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1781
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1782
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1783
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1784
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1785
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1786
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1787
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1788
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1789
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1790
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1791
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1792
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1793
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1794
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1795
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1796
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1797
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1798
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1799
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1800
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min