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