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
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1952
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1953
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1954
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1955
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1956
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1957
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1958
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1959
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1960
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1961
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1962
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1963
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1964
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1965
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1966
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1967
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1968
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1969
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
1970
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
1971
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
1972
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
1973
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
1974
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
1975
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min