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.
1876
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1877
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1878
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1879
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1880
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1881
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1882
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1883
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1884
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1885
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1886
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1887
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1888
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1889
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1890
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
1891
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
1892
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
1893
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
1894
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min
1895
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min
1896
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the b...
2 min
1897
Jason Reynolds: "Match"
1 min
1898
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor: "After Robert Fuller"
2 min
1899
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Puppet Player"
0 min
1900
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "I Saw You"
1 min