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
Derrick Harriell: "Underground King"
4 min
1902
Allison Joseph: "Untethered"
2 min
1903
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Go Give the World"
0 min
1904
J. W. Hammond: "The Optimist"
1 min
1905
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premat...
1 min
1906
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
1907
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
1908
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
1909
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
1910
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
1911
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
1912
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
1913
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
1914
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
1915
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
1916
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
1917
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
1918
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
1919
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
1920
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1921
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
1922
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1923
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
1924
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
1925
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min