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.
926
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
927
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
928
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
929
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
930
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
931
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
932
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
933
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
934
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
935
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
936
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
937
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
938
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
939
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
940
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
941
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
942
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
943
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
944
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
945
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
946
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
947
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
948
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
949
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
950
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min