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