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
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1852
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1853
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1854
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1855
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1856
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1857
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1858
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1859
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1860
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1861
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1862
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1863
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1864
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1865
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1866
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1867
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1868
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1869
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1870
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1871
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1872
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1873
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1874
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1875
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min