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
1226
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1227
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1228
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1229
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1230
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1231
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1232
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1233
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1234
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1235
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1236
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1237
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1238
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1239
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1240
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1241
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1242
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1243
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1244
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1245
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1246
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1247
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1248
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1249
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1250
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min