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
826
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
827
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
828
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
829
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
830
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
831
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
832
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
833
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
834
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
835
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
836
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
837
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
838
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
839
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
840
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
841
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
842
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
843
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
844
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
845
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
846
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
847
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
848
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
849
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
850
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min