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.

Books
1826
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1827
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1828
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1829
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1830
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1831
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1832
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1833
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1834
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1835
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1836
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1837
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1838
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1839
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1840
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1841
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1842
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1843
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1844
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1845
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1846
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1847
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1848
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1849
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1850
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min