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
301
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
302
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
303
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
304
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
305
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
306
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
307
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
308
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
309
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
310
Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
311
Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
312
Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
313
Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min
314
Miguel Teurbe Tolón: "Last Song of the Exile"
3 min
315
Luis Lloréns Torres: "Bolivar"
3 min
316
Joseph O. Legaspi: "Raspberries"
4 min
317
Cornelius Eady: "Bullpen"
2 min
318
Pavneet Singh: "Letter 6"
2 min
319
Jake Ricafrente: "Makati Cousin"
4 min
320
Katy Lederer: "Lithopedion"
2 min
321
Rubén Darío: "Nightfall in the Tropics"
3 min
322
Salomón de la Selva: "A Song for Wall Street"
3 min
323
Tan Lin: "Sent & scented with 10 emoticons"
2 min
324
Rodrigo Toscano: "Habilitas"
3 min
325
E. J. Koh: "This Birthday"
2 min