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