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