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