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
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1302
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1303
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1304
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1305
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1306
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1307
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1308
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1309
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1310
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1311
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1312
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1313
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1314
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1315
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1316
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1317
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1318
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1319
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1320
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1321
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1322
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1323
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1324
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1325
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min