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.
1726
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1727
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1728
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1729
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1730
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1731
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1732
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1733
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1734
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1735
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1736
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1737
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1738
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1739
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1740
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1741
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1742
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1743
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1744
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1745
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1746
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1747
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1748
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1749
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1750
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min