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
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1902
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1903
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1904
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1905
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1906
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1907
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1908
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1909
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1910
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1911
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
1912
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
1913
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
1914
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
1915
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min
1916
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min
1917
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the b...
2 min
1918
Jason Reynolds: "Match"
1 min
1919
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor: "After Robert Fuller"
2 min
1920
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Puppet Player"
0 min
1921
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "I Saw You"
1 min
1922
Crystal Valentine: "This Little Light of Mine S...
4 min
1923
Luther Hughes: "My Mother, My Mother"
4 min
1924
Rasheed Copeland: "When Puffy says, and we won’...
2 min
1925
Yesenia Montilla: "a brief meditation on breath"
3 min