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.
1201
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
1202
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
1203
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
1204
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
1205
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
1206
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1207
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1208
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1209
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1210
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1211
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1212
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1213
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1214
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1215
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1216
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1217
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1218
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1219
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1220
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1221
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1222
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1223
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1224
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1225
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min