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