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
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1927
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1928
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1929
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1930
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1931
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1932
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1933
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1934
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1935
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1936
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1937
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1938
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1939
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1940
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1941
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1942
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1943
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1944
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1945
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
1946
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
1947
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
1948
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
1949
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min
1950
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min