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
376
Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother"
2 min
377
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
378
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
379
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
380
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
381
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
382
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
383
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
384
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
385
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
386
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
387
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
388
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
389
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
390
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
391
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
392
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
393
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
394
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
395
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
396
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
397
Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
398
Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
399
Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
400
Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min