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.
1601
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
1602
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
1603
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
1604
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
1605
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
1606
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
1607
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
1608
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
1609
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
1610
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
1611
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
1612
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
1613
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1614
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
1615
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1616
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
1617
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
1618
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
1619
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
1620
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min
1621
Porsha Olayiwola: "We Drink at the Attenuation ...
2 min
1622
Roger Reeves: "For Black Children at the End of...
3 min
1623
Angelo Geter: "Praise"
2 min
1624
Elizabeth Curtis Holman : "After a Reading of '...
1 min
1625
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Douce Souvenance"
1 min