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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1401
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1402
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1403
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1404
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1405
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1406
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1407
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1408
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1409
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1410
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1411
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1412
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1413
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1414
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1415
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1416
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1417
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1418
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1419
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1420
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1421
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1422
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
1423
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
1424
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
1425
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min