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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1876
John Gould Fletcher: "A Distant Song"
2 min
1877
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1878
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1879
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1880
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1881
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1882
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1883
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1884
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1885
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1886
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1887
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1888
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1889
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1890
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1891
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1892
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1893
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1894
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1895
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1896
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1897
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1898
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1899
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1900
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min