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
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
1927
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
1928
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1929
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
1930
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1931
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
1932
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
1933
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
1934
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
1935
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min
1936
Porsha Olayiwola: "We Drink at the Attenuation ...
2 min
1937
Roger Reeves: "For Black Children at the End of...
3 min
1938
Angelo Geter: "Praise"
2 min
1939
Elizabeth Curtis Holman : "After a Reading of '...
1 min
1940
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Douce Souvenance"
1 min
1941
Yusef Komunyakaa and Laren McClung: from "Tradi...
6 min
1942
Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella: from "A Coda to ...
16 min
1943
Donte Collins: "they need some of us to die"
2 min
1944
Assétou Xango: "Give Your Daughters Difficult N...
4 min
1945
Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
1946
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
1947
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
1948
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
1949
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
1950
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min