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.

Books
1901
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1902
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
1903
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1904
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
1905
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
1906
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
1907
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
1908
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min
1909
Porsha Olayiwola: "We Drink at the Attenuation ...
2 min
1910
Roger Reeves: "For Black Children at the End of...
3 min
1911
Angelo Geter: "Praise"
2 min
1912
Elizabeth Curtis Holman : "After a Reading of '...
1 min
1913
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Douce Souvenance"
1 min
1914
Yusef Komunyakaa and Laren McClung: from "Tradi...
6 min
1915
Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella: from "A Coda to ...
16 min
1916
Donte Collins: "they need some of us to die"
2 min
1917
Assétou Xango: "Give Your Daughters Difficult N...
4 min
1918
Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
1919
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
1920
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
1921
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
1922
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
1923
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
1924
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1925
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min