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.

Books
1726
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1727
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1728
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1729
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1730
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1731
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1732
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1733
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1734
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1735
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1736
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1737
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1738
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1739
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1740
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1741
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1742
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1743
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1744
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
1745
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
1746
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
1747
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
1748
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min
1749
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min
1750
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the b...
2 min