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