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
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1802
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1803
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1804
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1805
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1806
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1807
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1808
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1809
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1810
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1811
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1812
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1813
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
1814
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
1815
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
1816
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
1817
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min
1818
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min
1819
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the b...
2 min
1820
Jason Reynolds: "Match"
1 min
1821
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor: "After Robert Fuller"
2 min
1822
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Puppet Player"
0 min
1823
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "I Saw You"
1 min
1824
Crystal Valentine: "This Little Light of Mine S...
4 min
1825
Luther Hughes: "My Mother, My Mother"
4 min