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
851
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
852
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
853
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
854
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
855
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
856
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
857
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
858
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
859
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
860
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
861
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
862
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
863
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
864
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
865
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
866
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
867
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
868
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
869
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
870
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
871
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
872
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
873
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
874
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
875
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min