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