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
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1802
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1803
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1804
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1805
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1806
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1807
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1808
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1809
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1810
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1811
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1812
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1813
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1814
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1815
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1816
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1817
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1818
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
1819
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
1820
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
1821
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
1822
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min
1823
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min
1824
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the b...
2 min
1825
Jason Reynolds: "Match"
1 min