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
401
Frances Sargent Osgood: "Thank God, I Glory in ...
4 min
402
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
403
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
404
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
405
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
406
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
407
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
408
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
409
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
410
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
411
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
412
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min
413
James Cervantes: "A Phosphorescence"
2 min
414
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "The Warrior’s Plume"
2 min
415
Thomas Moore: "At the Mid Hour of Night"
3 min
416
Levi Romero: "the cherry end of your cigarette ...
3 min
417
Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake: "Someday I’ll Love—"
3 min
418
Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother"
2 min
419
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
420
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
421
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
422
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
423
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
424
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
425
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min