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