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
2251
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
2252
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
2253
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
2254
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
2255
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
2256
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
2257
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
2258
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
2259
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
2260
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
2261
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
2262
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
2263
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
2264
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
2265
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
2266
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min
2267
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min
2268
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the b...
2 min
2269
Jason Reynolds: "Match"
1 min
2270
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor: "After Robert Fuller"
2 min
2271
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Puppet Player"
0 min
2272
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "I Saw You"
1 min
2273
Crystal Valentine: "This Little Light of Mine S...
4 min
2274
Luther Hughes: "My Mother, My Mother"
4 min
2275
Rasheed Copeland: "When Puffy says, and we won’...
2 min