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.
1026
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
1027
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
1028
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
1029
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
1030
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
1031
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
1032
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
1033
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
1034
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1035
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1036
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1037
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1038
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1039
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1040
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1041
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1042
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1043
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1044
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1045
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1046
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1047
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1048
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1049
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1050
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min