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.
1451
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
1452
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
1453
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
1454
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
1455
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
1456
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
1457
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
1458
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
1459
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
1460
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
1461
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
1462
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1463
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
1464
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1465
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
1466
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
1467
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
1468
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
1469
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min
1470
Porsha Olayiwola: "We Drink at the Attenuation ...
2 min
1471
Roger Reeves: "For Black Children at the End of...
3 min
1472
Angelo Geter: "Praise"
2 min
1473
Elizabeth Curtis Holman : "After a Reading of '...
1 min
1474
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Douce Souvenance"
1 min
1475
Yusef Komunyakaa and Laren McClung: from "Tradi...
6 min