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