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
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
952
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
953
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
954
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
955
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
956
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
957
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
958
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
959
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
960
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
961
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
962
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
963
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
964
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
965
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
966
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
967
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
968
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
969
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
970
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
971
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
972
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
973
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
974
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
975
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min