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.
2001
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
2002
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
2003
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
2004
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
2005
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
2006
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
2007
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
2008
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
2009
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
2010
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
2011
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
2012
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
2013
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
2014
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
2015
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
2016
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
2017
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
2018
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
2019
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
2020
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
2021
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
2022
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
2023
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min
2024
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min
2025
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the b...
2 min