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
1276
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
1277
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
1278
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1279
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1280
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1281
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1282
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1283
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1284
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1285
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1286
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1287
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1288
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1289
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1290
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1291
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1292
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1293
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1294
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1295
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1296
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1297
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1298
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1299
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1300
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min