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
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1902
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1903
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1904
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1905
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1906
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1907
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1908
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1909
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1910
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1911
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1912
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1913
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1914
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1915
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1916
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1917
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1918
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1919
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1920
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1921
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
1922
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
1923
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
1924
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
1925
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min