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
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Go Give the World"
0 min
1852
J. W. Hammond: "The Optimist"
1 min
1853
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premat...
1 min
1854
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
1855
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
1856
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
1857
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
1858
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
1859
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
1860
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
1861
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
1862
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
1863
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
1864
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
1865
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
1866
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
1867
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
1868
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1869
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
1870
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1871
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
1872
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
1873
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
1874
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
1875
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min