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
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Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
877
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
878
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
879
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
880
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
881
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
882
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
883
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
884
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
885
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
886
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
887
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
888
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
889
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
890
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
891
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
892
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
893
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
894
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
895
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
896
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
897
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
898
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
899
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
900
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min