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
1051
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1052
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1053
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1054
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1055
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1056
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1057
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1058
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1059
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1060
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1061
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1062
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1063
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1064
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1065
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1066
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1067
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1068
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1069
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1070
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1071
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1072
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1073
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1074
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1075
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min