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.
1801
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
1802
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
1803
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
1804
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
1805
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
1806
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
1807
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
1808
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
1809
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
1810
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
1811
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
1812
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
1813
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
1814
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
1815
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1816
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
1817
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1818
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
1819
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
1820
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
1821
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
1822
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min
1823
Porsha Olayiwola: "We Drink at the Attenuation ...
2 min
1824
Roger Reeves: "For Black Children at the End of...
3 min
1825
Angelo Geter: "Praise"
2 min