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
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Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
952
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
953
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
954
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
955
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
956
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
957
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
958
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
959
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
960
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
961
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
962
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
963
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
964
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
965
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
966
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
967
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
968
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
969
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
970
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
971
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
972
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
973
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
974
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
975
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min