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
Ofelia Zepeda: "The Home of the Sacred"
2 min
227
Max Early: "Delayza’s Necklace"
3 min
228
Charles G. Eastman: "The Yellow Corn"
3 min
229
Frances Sargent Osgood: "Thank God, I Glory in ...
4 min
230
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
231
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
232
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
233
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
234
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
235
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
236
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
237
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
238
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
239
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
240
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min
241
James Cervantes: "A Phosphorescence"
2 min
242
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "The Warrior’s Plume"
2 min
243
Thomas Moore: "At the Mid Hour of Night"
3 min
244
Levi Romero: "the cherry end of your cigarette ...
3 min
245
Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake: "Someday I’ll Love—"
3 min
246
Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother"
2 min
247
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
248
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
249
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
250
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min