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.
1701
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
1702
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
1703
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
1704
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
1705
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
1706
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
1707
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
1708
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
1709
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
1710
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
1711
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
1712
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
1713
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
1714
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1715
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
1716
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1717
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
1718
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
1719
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
1720
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
1721
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min
1722
Porsha Olayiwola: "We Drink at the Attenuation ...
2 min
1723
Roger Reeves: "For Black Children at the End of...
3 min
1724
Angelo Geter: "Praise"
2 min
1725
Elizabeth Curtis Holman : "After a Reading of '...
1 min