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