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
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1277
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1278
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1279
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1280
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1281
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1282
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1283
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1284
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1285
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1286
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1287
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1288
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1289
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1290
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1291
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1292
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1293
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1294
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1295
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1296
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1297
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1298
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1299
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1300
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min