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
Emanuel Xavier: "How Some of Us Survived Cuando...
2 min
252
Adrian Castro: "A Cuban Modernist in Miami"
2 min
253
Ishmael Reed: "A Black Genius"
2 min
254
Felix Cortes: "In the Beginning, There was the ...
5 min
255
Emily Dickinson: "As if some little Arctic flower"
2 min
256
Guest Editor Interview: December 2024 Guest Edi...
10 min
257
Emily Pauline Johnson: "A Cry from an Indian Wife"
6 min
258
Lance Henson: "Untitled"
1 min
259
Luci Tapahonso: "Wooden Window Frames"
5 min
260
Elizabeth Woody: "Meetings"
3 min
261
Ofelia Zepeda: "The Home of the Sacred"
2 min
262
Max Early: "Delayza’s Necklace"
3 min
263
Charles G. Eastman: "The Yellow Corn"
3 min
264
Frances Sargent Osgood: "Thank God, I Glory in ...
4 min
265
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
266
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
267
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
268
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
269
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
270
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
271
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
272
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
273
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
274
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
275
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min