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
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
2252
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
2253
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
2254
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
2255
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
2256
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min
2257
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On C...
3 min
2258
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
2 min
2259
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Pray...
1 min
2260
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Man...
3 min
2261
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
0 min
2262
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the Pe...
1 min
2263
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
1 min
2264
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Suppose...
1 min
2265
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
1 min
2266
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
2 min
2267
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
1 min
2268
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
2 min
2269
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
1 min
2270
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling...
2 min
2271
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min
2272
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the b...
2 min
2273
Jason Reynolds: "Match"
1 min
2274
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor: "After Robert Fuller"
2 min
2275
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Puppet Player"
0 min