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
351
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
352
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
353
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
354
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
355
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
356
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
357
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
358
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
359
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
360
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
361
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
362
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
363
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
364
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
365
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
366
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
367
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
368
Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
369
Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
370
Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
371
Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min
372
Miguel Teurbe Tolón: "Last Song of the Exile"
3 min
373
Luis Lloréns Torres: "Bolivar"
3 min
374
Joseph O. Legaspi: "Raspberries"
4 min
375
Cornelius Eady: "Bullpen"
2 min