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