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