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
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
977
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
978
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
979
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
980
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
981
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
982
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
983
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
984
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
985
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
986
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
987
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
988
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
989
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
990
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
991
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
992
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
993
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
994
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
995
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
996
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
997
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
998
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
999
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1000
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min