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.
1151
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
1152
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
1153
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
1154
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
1155
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
1156
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
1157
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
1158
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1159
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1160
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1161
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1162
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1163
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1164
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1165
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1166
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1167
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1168
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1169
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1170
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1171
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1172
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1173
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1174
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1175
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min