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.
1751
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1752
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1753
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1754
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1755
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1756
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1757
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1758
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1759
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1760
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1761
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1762
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1763
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1764
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1765
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1766
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1767
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1768
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1769
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1770
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1771
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1772
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1773
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1774
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1775
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min