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
801
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
802
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
803
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
804
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
805
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
806
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
807
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
808
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
809
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
810
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
811
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
812
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
813
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
814
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
815
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
816
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
817
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
818
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
819
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
820
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
821
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
822
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
823
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
824
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
825
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min