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
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
577
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
578
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
579
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
580
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
581
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
582
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
583
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
584
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
585
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
586
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
587
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
588
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
589
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
590
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
591
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
592
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
593
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
594
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
595
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
596
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
597
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
598
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
599
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
600
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min