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