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
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
227
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
228
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
229
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
230
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
231
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
232
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
233
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
234
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
235
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
236
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
237
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
238
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
239
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
240
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
241
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
242
Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
243
Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
244
Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
245
Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min
246
Miguel Teurbe Tolón: "Last Song of the Exile"
3 min
247
Luis Lloréns Torres: "Bolivar"
3 min
248
Joseph O. Legaspi: "Raspberries"
4 min
249
Cornelius Eady: "Bullpen"
2 min
250
Pavneet Singh: "Letter 6"
2 min