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.
2101
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
2102
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
2103
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
2104
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
2105
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
2106
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
2107
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
2108
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
2109
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
2110
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
2111
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
2112
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
2113
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
2114
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
2115
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
2116
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
2117
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
2118
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
2119
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
2120
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
2121
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
2122
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
2123
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
2124
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
2125
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min