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