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