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.

Books
1026
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1027
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1028
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1029
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1030
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1031
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1032
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1033
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1034
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1035
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1036
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1037
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1038
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1039
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1040
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1041
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1042
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1043
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1044
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1045
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1046
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1047
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1048
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1049
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1050
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min