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
1326
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1327
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1328
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1329
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1330
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1331
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1332
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1333
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1334
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1335
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1336
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1337
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1338
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1339
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1340
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1341
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1342
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1343
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1344
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1345
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1346
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1347
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1348
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1349
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1350
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min