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
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1877
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1878
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1879
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1880
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1881
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1882
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1883
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1884
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1885
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1886
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1887
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1888
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1889
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1890
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1891
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1892
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1893
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1894
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1895
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1896
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1897
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1898
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1899
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1900
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min