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
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1802
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1803
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1804
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1805
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1806
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1807
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1808
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1809
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1810
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1811
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1812
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1813
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1814
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1815
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1816
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1817
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1818
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1819
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1820
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1821
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1822
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1823
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1824
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1825
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min