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

Books
576
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
577
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
578
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
579
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
580
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
581
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
582
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
583
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
584
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
585
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
586
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
587
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
588
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
589
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
590
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
591
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
592
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
593
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
594
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
595
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
596
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
597
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
598
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
599
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
600
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min