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.
1526
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1527
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1528
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1529
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1530
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1531
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1532
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1533
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1534
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1535
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1536
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1537
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1538
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1539
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1540
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1541
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1542
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1543
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1544
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1545
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1546
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1547
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1548
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1549
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1550
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min