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
Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother"
2 min
302
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
303
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
304
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
305
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
306
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
307
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
308
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
309
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
310
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
311
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
312
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
313
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
314
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
315
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
316
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
317
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
318
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
319
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
320
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
321
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
322
Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
323
Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
324
Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
325
Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min