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