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
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1852
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1853
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1854
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1855
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1856
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1857
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1858
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1859
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1860
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1861
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1862
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1863
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1864
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1865
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1866
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1867
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1868
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1869
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1870
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1871
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1872
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1873
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1874
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1875
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min