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
926
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
927
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
928
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
929
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
930
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
931
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
932
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
933
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
934
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
935
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
936
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
937
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
938
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
939
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
940
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
941
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
942
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
943
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
944
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
945
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
946
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
947
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
948
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
949
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
950
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min