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