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.
1901
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
1902
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
1903
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
1904
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
1905
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1906
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1907
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1908
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1909
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1910
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1911
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1912
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1913
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1914
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1915
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1916
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1917
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1918
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1919
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1920
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1921
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1922
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1923
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1924
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1925
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min