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.
1776
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1777
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1778
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1779
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1780
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1781
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1782
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1783
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1784
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1785
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1786
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1787
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1788
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1789
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
1790
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
1791
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
1792
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
1793
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min
1794
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min
1795
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the b...
2 min
1796
Jason Reynolds: "Match"
1 min
1797
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor: "After Robert Fuller"
2 min
1798
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Puppet Player"
0 min
1799
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "I Saw You"
1 min
1800
Crystal Valentine: "This Little Light of Mine S...
4 min