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
976
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
977
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
978
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
979
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
980
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
981
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
982
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
983
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
984
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
985
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
986
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
987
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
988
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
989
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
990
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
991
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
992
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
993
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
994
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
995
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
996
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
997
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
998
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
999
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1000
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min