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
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1202
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1203
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1204
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1205
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1206
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1207
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1208
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1209
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1210
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1211
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1212
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1213
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1214
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1215
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1216
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1217
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1218
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1219
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1220
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1221
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1222
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1223
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1224
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1225
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min