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.
1926
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1927
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1928
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1929
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1930
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1931
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1932
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1933
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1934
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1935
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1936
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1937
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1938
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
1939
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
1940
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
1941
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
1942
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min
1943
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min
1944
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the b...
2 min
1945
Jason Reynolds: "Match"
1 min
1946
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor: "After Robert Fuller"
2 min
1947
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Puppet Player"
0 min
1948
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "I Saw You"
1 min
1949
Crystal Valentine: "This Little Light of Mine S...
4 min
1950
Luther Hughes: "My Mother, My Mother"
4 min