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
Allison Joseph: "Untethered"
2 min
1927
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Go Give the World"
0 min
1928
J. W. Hammond: "The Optimist"
1 min
1929
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premat...
1 min
1930
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
1931
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
1932
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
1933
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
1934
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
1935
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
1936
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
1937
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
1938
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
1939
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
1940
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
1941
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
1942
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
1943
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
1944
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1945
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
1946
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1947
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
1948
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
1949
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
1950
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min