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
Jesús Papoleto Meléndez: "In a Grain of Sand"
4 min
377
Ed Morales: "The Talking Coconut"
3 min
378
Tennessee Reed: "Fantasy"
3 min
379
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Lament"
3 min
380
Mary Carolyn Davies: "A Casualty List"
4 min
381
Ammiel Alcalay: "My Apologies"
2 min
382
Emanuel Xavier: "How Some of Us Survived Cuando...
2 min
383
Adrian Castro: "A Cuban Modernist in Miami"
2 min
384
Ishmael Reed: "A Black Genius"
2 min
385
Felix Cortes: "In the Beginning, There was the ...
5 min
386
Emily Dickinson: "As if some little Arctic flower"
2 min
387
Guest Editor Interview: December 2024 Guest Edi...
10 min
388
Emily Pauline Johnson: "A Cry from an Indian Wife"
6 min
389
Lance Henson: "Untitled"
1 min
390
Luci Tapahonso: "Wooden Window Frames"
5 min
391
Elizabeth Woody: "Meetings"
3 min
392
Ofelia Zepeda: "The Home of the Sacred"
2 min
393
Max Early: "Delayza’s Necklace"
3 min
394
Charles G. Eastman: "The Yellow Corn"
3 min
395
Frances Sargent Osgood: "Thank God, I Glory in ...
4 min
396
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
397
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
398
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
399
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
400
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min