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