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.
1851
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1852
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1853
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1854
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1855
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1856
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1857
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1858
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1859
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1860
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1861
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1862
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1863
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1864
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1865
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1866
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1867
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1868
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1869
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1870
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1871
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1872
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1873
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1874
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1875
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min