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
1076
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min
1077
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
1078
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
1079
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
1080
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
1081
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
1082
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
1083
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
1084
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
1085
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
1086
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1087
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1088
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1089
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1090
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1091
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1092
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1093
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1094
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1095
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1096
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1097
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1098
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1099
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1100
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min