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