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
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1927
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1928
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1929
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1930
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1931
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1932
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1933
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1934
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1935
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1936
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1937
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1938
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1939
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1940
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1941
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1942
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1943
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1944
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1945
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1946
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1947
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1948
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1949
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1950
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min