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.
1901
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1902
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1903
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1904
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1905
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1906
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1907
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1908
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1909
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1910
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1911
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1912
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1913
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1914
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1915
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1916
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1917
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1918
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1919
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1920
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1921
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1922
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1923
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1924
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1925
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min