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.
1851
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1852
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1853
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1854
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1855
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1856
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1857
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1858
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1859
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1860
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1861
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1862
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1863
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1864
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1865
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
1866
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
1867
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
1868
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
1869
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min
1870
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min
1871
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the b...
2 min
1872
Jason Reynolds: "Match"
1 min
1873
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor: "After Robert Fuller"
2 min
1874
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Puppet Player"
0 min
1875
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "I Saw You"
1 min