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.
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Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
2152
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
2153
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
2154
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
2155
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
2156
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
2157
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
2158
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
2159
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
2160
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
2161
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
2162
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
2163
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
2164
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
2165
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
2166
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
2167
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
2168
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
2169
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
2170
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
2171
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
2172
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
2173
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
2174
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
2175
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min