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