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.
1001
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1002
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1003
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1004
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1005
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1006
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1007
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1008
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1009
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1010
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1011
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1012
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1013
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1014
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1015
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1016
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1017
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1018
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1019
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1020
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1021
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1022
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1023
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1024
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1025
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min