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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
351
Ishmael Reed: "A Black Genius"
2 min
352
Felix Cortes: "In the Beginning, There was the ...
5 min
353
Emily Dickinson: "As if some little Arctic flower"
2 min
354
Emily Pauline Johnson: "A Cry from an Indian Wife"
6 min
355
Guest Editor Interview: December 2024 Guest Edi...
10 min
356
Lance Henson: "Untitled"
1 min
357
Luci Tapahonso: "Wooden Window Frames"
5 min
358
Elizabeth Woody: "Meetings"
3 min
359
Ofelia Zepeda: "The Home of the Sacred"
2 min
360
Max Early: "Delayza’s Necklace"
3 min
361
Charles G. Eastman: "The Yellow Corn"
3 min
362
Frances Sargent Osgood: "Thank God, I Glory in ...
4 min
363
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
364
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
365
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
366
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
367
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
368
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
369
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
370
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
371
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
372
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
373
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min
374
James Cervantes: "A Phosphorescence"
2 min
375
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "The Warrior’s Plume"
2 min