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
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1877
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1878
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1879
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1880
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1881
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1882
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1883
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1884
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1885
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1886
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1887
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1888
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1889
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1890
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1891
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1892
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1893
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1894
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1895
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1896
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1897
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1898
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1899
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1900
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min