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
426
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
427
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
428
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
429
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
430
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
431
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
432
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
433
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
434
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
435
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
436
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
437
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
438
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
439
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
440
Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
441
Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
442
Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
443
Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min
444
Miguel Teurbe Tolón: "Last Song of the Exile"
3 min
445
Luis Lloréns Torres: "Bolivar"
3 min
446
Joseph O. Legaspi: "Raspberries"
4 min
447
Cornelius Eady: "Bullpen"
2 min
448
Pavneet Singh: "Letter 6"
2 min
449
Jake Ricafrente: "Makati Cousin"
4 min
450
Katy Lederer: "Lithopedion"
2 min