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
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1077
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1078
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1079
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1080
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1081
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1082
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1083
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1084
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1085
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1086
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1087
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1088
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1089
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1090
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1091
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1092
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1093
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1094
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1095
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1096
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1097
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1098
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1099
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1100
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min