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.
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Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
927
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
928
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
929
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
930
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
931
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
932
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
933
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
934
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
935
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
936
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
937
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
938
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
939
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
940
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
941
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
942
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
943
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
944
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
945
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
946
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
947
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
948
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
949
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
950
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min