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
1101
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1102
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1103
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1104
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1105
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1106
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1107
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1108
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1109
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1110
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1111
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1112
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1113
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1114
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1115
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1116
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1117
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1118
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1119
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1120
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1121
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1122
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1123
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1124
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1125
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min