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.
2076
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
2077
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
2078
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
2079
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
2080
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
2081
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
2082
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
2083
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
2084
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
2085
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
2086
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
2087
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
2088
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
2089
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
2090
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
2091
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
2092
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
2093
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
2094
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
2095
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
2096
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
2097
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
2098
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
2099
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
2100
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min