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
601
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
602
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
603
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
604
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
605
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
606
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
607
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
608
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
609
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
610
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
611
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
612
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
613
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
614
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
615
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
616
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
617
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
618
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
619
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
620
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
621
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
622
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
623
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
624
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
625
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min