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.
1926
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
1927
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
1928
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1929
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1930
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1931
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1932
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1933
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1934
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1935
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1936
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1937
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1938
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1939
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1940
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1941
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1942
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1943
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1944
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1945
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1946
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1947
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1948
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1949
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1950
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min