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
326
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
327
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
328
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
329
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
330
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
331
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
332
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
333
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
334
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
335
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
336
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
337
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
338
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
339
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
340
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
341
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
342
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
343
Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
344
Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
345
Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
346
Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min
347
Miguel Teurbe Tolón: "Last Song of the Exile"
3 min
348
Luis Lloréns Torres: "Bolivar"
3 min
349
Joseph O. Legaspi: "Raspberries"
4 min
350
Cornelius Eady: "Bullpen"
2 min