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