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