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.
1826
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1827
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1828
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1829
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1830
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1831
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1832
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1833
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1834
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1835
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1836
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1837
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1838
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1839
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1840
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1841
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1842
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1843
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1844
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1845
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1846
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1847
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1848
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1849
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1850
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min