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