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
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
902
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
903
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
904
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
905
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
906
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
907
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
908
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
909
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
910
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
911
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
912
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
913
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
914
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
915
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
916
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
917
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
918
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
919
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
920
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
921
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
922
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
923
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
924
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
925
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min