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
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1802
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1803
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1804
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1805
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1806
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1807
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1808
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1809
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1810
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1811
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1812
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1813
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1814
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1815
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1816
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1817
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1818
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1819
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1820
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1821
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1822
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1823
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1824
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1825
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min