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 Coleman Edward Dues. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
26
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
27
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
28
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
29
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
30
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
31
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
32
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
33
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
34
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
35
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
36
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
37
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
38
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
39
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
40
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
41
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
42
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
43
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
44
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
45
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
46
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
47
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
48
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
49
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
50
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min