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
1251
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
1252
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1253
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1254
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1255
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1256
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1257
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1258
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1259
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1260
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1261
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1262
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1263
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1264
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1265
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1266
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1267
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1268
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1269
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1270
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1271
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1272
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1273
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1274
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1275
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min