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
2151
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
2152
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
2153
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
2154
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
2155
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
2156
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
2157
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
2158
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
2159
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
2160
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
2161
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
2162
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
2163
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
2164
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
2165
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
2166
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
2167
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
2168
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
2169
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
2170
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
2171
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
2172
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
2173
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
2174
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
2175
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min