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