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
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1927
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1928
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1929
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1930
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1931
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1932
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1933
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1934
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1935
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1936
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1937
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1938
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1939
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1940
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1941
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1942
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1943
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1944
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1945
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1946
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1947
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1948
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1949
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1950
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min