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
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1852
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1853
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1854
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1855
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1856
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1857
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1858
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1859
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1860
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1861
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
1862
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
1863
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
1864
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
1865
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min
1866
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min
1867
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the b...
2 min
1868
Jason Reynolds: "Match"
1 min
1869
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor: "After Robert Fuller"
2 min
1870
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Puppet Player"
0 min
1871
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "I Saw You"
1 min
1872
Crystal Valentine: "This Little Light of Mine S...
4 min
1873
Luther Hughes: "My Mother, My Mother"
4 min
1874
Rasheed Copeland: "When Puffy says, and we won’...
2 min
1875
Yesenia Montilla: "a brief meditation on breath"
3 min