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
1176
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1177
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1178
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1179
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1180
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1181
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1182
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1183
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1184
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1185
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1186
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1187
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1188
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1189
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1190
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1191
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1192
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1193
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1194
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1195
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1196
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1197
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1198
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1199
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1200
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min