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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1001
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
1002
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
1003
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
1004
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
1005
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
1006
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
1007
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
1008
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
1009
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1010
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1011
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1012
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1013
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1014
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1015
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1016
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1017
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1018
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1019
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1020
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1021
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1022
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1023
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1024
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1025
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min