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.
1801
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1802
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1803
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1804
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1805
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1806
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1807
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1808
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1809
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1810
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1811
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1812
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1813
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1814
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1815
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1816
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1817
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1818
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1819
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1820
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1821
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1822
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1823
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1824
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1825
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min