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
901
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
902
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
903
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
904
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
905
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
906
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
907
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
908
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
909
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
910
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
911
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
912
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
913
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
914
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
915
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
916
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
917
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
918
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
919
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
920
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
921
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
922
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
923
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
924
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
925
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min