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.
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Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
802
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
803
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
804
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
805
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
806
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
807
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
808
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
809
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
810
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
811
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
812
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
813
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
814
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
815
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
816
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
817
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
818
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
819
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
820
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
821
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
822
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
823
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
824
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
825
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min