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