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