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
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1827
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1828
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1829
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1830
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1831
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1832
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1833
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1834
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1835
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1836
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1837
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1838
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1839
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1840
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1841
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1842
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1843
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1844
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
1845
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
1846
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
1847
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
1848
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min
1849
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min
1850
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the b...
2 min