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
1126
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1127
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1128
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1129
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1130
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1131
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1132
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1133
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1134
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1135
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1136
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1137
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1138
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1139
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1140
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1141
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1142
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1143
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1144
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1145
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1146
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1147
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1148
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1149
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1150
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min