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
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
1927
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
1928
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
1929
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
1930
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
1931
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
1932
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
1933
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
1934
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
1935
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
1936
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
1937
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
1938
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1939
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
1940
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1941
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
1942
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
1943
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
1944
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
1945
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min
1946
Porsha Olayiwola: "We Drink at the Attenuation ...
2 min
1947
Roger Reeves: "For Black Children at the End of...
3 min
1948
Angelo Geter: "Praise"
2 min
1949
Elizabeth Curtis Holman : "After a Reading of '...
1 min
1950
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Douce Souvenance"
1 min