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