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