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
876
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
877
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
878
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
879
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
880
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
881
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
882
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
883
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
884
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
885
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
886
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
887
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
888
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
889
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
890
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
891
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
892
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
893
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
894
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
895
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
896
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
897
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
898
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
899
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
900
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min