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
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1877
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1878
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1879
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1880
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1881
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1882
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1883
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1884
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1885
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1886
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1887
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1888
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1889
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
1890
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
1891
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
1892
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
1893
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min
1894
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min
1895
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the b...
2 min
1896
Jason Reynolds: "Match"
1 min
1897
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor: "After Robert Fuller"
2 min
1898
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Puppet Player"
0 min
1899
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "I Saw You"
1 min
1900
Crystal Valentine: "This Little Light of Mine S...
4 min