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
676
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
677
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
678
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
679
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
680
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
681
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
682
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
683
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
684
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
685
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
686
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
687
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
688
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
689
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
690
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
691
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
692
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
693
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
694
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
695
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
696
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
697
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
698
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
699
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
700
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min