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
1201
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
1202
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
1203
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
1204
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
1205
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
1206
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
1207
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
1208
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
1209
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
1210
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1211
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1212
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1213
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1214
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1215
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1216
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1217
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1218
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1219
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1220
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1221
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1222
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1223
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1224
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1225
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min