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