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.
1976
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1977
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1978
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1979
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1980
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1981
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1982
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1983
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1984
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
1985
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
1986
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
1987
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
1988
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
1989
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
1990
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
1991
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
1992
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
1993
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
1994
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
1995
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
1996
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
1997
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
1998
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
1999
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
2000
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min