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
951
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
952
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
953
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
954
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
955
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
956
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
957
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
958
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
959
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
960
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
961
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
962
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
963
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
964
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
965
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
966
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
967
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
968
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
969
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
970
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
971
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
972
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
973
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
974
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
975
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min