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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1951
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1952
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1953
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1954
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1955
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1956
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1957
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1958
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1959
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1960
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1961
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1962
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1963
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1964
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1965
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1966
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1967
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1968
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1969
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1970
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1971
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1972
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1973
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1974
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1975
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min