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
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1777
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1778
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1779
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1780
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1781
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1782
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1783
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1784
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1785
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1786
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1787
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1788
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1789
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1790
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1791
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1792
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1793
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1794
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1795
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1796
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1797
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1798
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1799
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1800
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min