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.
1776
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1777
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1778
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1779
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1780
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1781
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1782
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1783
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1784
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1785
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1786
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1787
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1788
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1789
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1790
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1791
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1792
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1793
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1794
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1795
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1796
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1797
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1798
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1799
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1800
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min