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.

Books
2101
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
2102
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
2103
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
2104
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
2105
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
2106
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
2107
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
2108
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
2109
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
2110
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
2111
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
2112
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
2113
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
2114
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
2115
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
2116
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
2117
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
2118
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
2119
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
2120
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
2121
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
2122
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
2123
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
2124
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
2125
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min