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
251
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
252
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
253
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
254
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
255
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
256
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
257
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
258
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
259
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
260
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
261
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
262
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
263
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
264
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
265
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
266
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
267
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
268
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
269
Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
270
Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
271
Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
272
Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min
273
Miguel Teurbe Tolón: "Last Song of the Exile"
3 min
274
Luis Lloréns Torres: "Bolivar"
3 min
275
Joseph O. Legaspi: "Raspberries"
4 min