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
1301
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
1302
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
1303
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1304
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1305
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1306
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1307
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1308
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1309
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1310
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1311
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1312
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1313
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1314
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1315
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1316
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1317
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1318
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1319
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1320
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1321
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1322
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1323
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1324
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1325
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min