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