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
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1752
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1753
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1754
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1755
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1756
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1757
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1758
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1759
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1760
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1761
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1762
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1763
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1764
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1765
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1766
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1767
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1768
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1769
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1770
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1771
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1772
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1773
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1774
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1775
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min