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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
226
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
227
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
228
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
229
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
230
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
231
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
232
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
233
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min
234
James Cervantes: "A Phosphorescence"
2 min
235
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "The Warrior’s Plume"
2 min
236
Thomas Moore: "At the Mid Hour of Night"
3 min
237
Levi Romero: "the cherry end of your cigarette ...
3 min
238
Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake: "Someday I’ll Love—"
3 min
239
Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother"
2 min
240
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
241
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
242
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
243
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
244
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
245
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
246
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
247
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
248
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
249
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
250
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min