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
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1927
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1928
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1929
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1930
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1931
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1932
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1933
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1934
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1935
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1936
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1937
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1938
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1939
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1940
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1941
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1942
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1943
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1944
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1945
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1946
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1947
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1948
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1949
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1950
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min