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