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