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