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
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
852
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
853
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
854
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
855
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
856
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
857
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
858
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
859
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
860
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
861
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
862
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
863
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
864
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
865
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
866
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
867
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
868
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
869
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
870
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
871
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
872
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
873
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
874
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
875
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min