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.
2051
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
2052
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
2053
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
2054
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
2055
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
2056
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
2057
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
2058
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
2059
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
2060
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
2061
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
2062
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
2063
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
2064
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
2065
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
2066
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
2067
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
2068
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
2069
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
2070
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
2071
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
2072
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
2073
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
2074
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
2075
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min