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
1351
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
1352
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
1353
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
1354
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1355
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1356
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1357
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1358
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1359
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1360
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1361
Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
1362
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1363
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1364
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1365
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1366
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1367
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1368
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1369
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1370
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1371
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1372
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1373
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1374
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1375
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min