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
Evie Shockley: "sonnet for the long second act"
2 min
1877
Cornelius Eady: "Diabolic"
2 min
1878
Derrick Harriell: "Underground King"
4 min
1879
Allison Joseph: "Untethered"
2 min
1880
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Go Give the World"
0 min
1881
J. W. Hammond: "The Optimist"
1 min
1882
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premat...
1 min
1883
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
1884
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
1885
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
1886
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
1887
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
1888
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
1889
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
1890
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
1891
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
1892
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
1893
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
1894
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
1895
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
1896
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
1897
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1898
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
1899
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1900
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min