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