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.
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Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1627
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1628
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1629
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1630
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1631
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1632
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1633
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1634
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1635
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1636
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1637
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1638
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1639
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1640
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1641
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1642
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1643
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1644
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1645
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
1646
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
1647
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
1648
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
1649
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min
1650
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min