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