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.
1951
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1952
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1953
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1954
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1955
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1956
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1957
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1958
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1959
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1960
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1961
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1962
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1963
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1964
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
1965
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
1966
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
1967
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
1968
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min
1969
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min
1970
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the b...
2 min
1971
Jason Reynolds: "Match"
1 min
1972
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor: "After Robert Fuller"
2 min
1973
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Puppet Player"
0 min
1974
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "I Saw You"
1 min
1975
Crystal Valentine: "This Little Light of Mine S...
4 min