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.
1826
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1827
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1828
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1829
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1830
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1831
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1832
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1833
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1834
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1835
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1836
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1837
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1838
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1839
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1840
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
1841
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
1842
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
1843
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
1844
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min
1845
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min
1846
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the b...
2 min
1847
Jason Reynolds: "Match"
1 min
1848
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor: "After Robert Fuller"
2 min
1849
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Puppet Player"
0 min
1850
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "I Saw You"
1 min