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
Ammiel Alcalay: "My Apologies"
2 min
427
Emanuel Xavier: "How Some of Us Survived Cuando...
2 min
428
Adrian Castro: "A Cuban Modernist in Miami"
2 min
429
Ishmael Reed: "A Black Genius"
2 min
430
Felix Cortes: "In the Beginning, There was the ...
5 min
431
Emily Dickinson: "As if some little Arctic flower"
2 min
432
Guest Editor Interview: December 2024 Guest Edi...
10 min
433
Emily Pauline Johnson: "A Cry from an Indian Wife"
6 min
434
Lance Henson: "Untitled"
1 min
435
Luci Tapahonso: "Wooden Window Frames"
5 min
436
Elizabeth Woody: "Meetings"
3 min
437
Ofelia Zepeda: "The Home of the Sacred"
2 min
438
Max Early: "Delayza’s Necklace"
3 min
439
Charles G. Eastman: "The Yellow Corn"
3 min
440
Frances Sargent Osgood: "Thank God, I Glory in ...
4 min
441
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
442
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
443
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
444
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
445
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
446
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
447
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
448
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
449
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
450
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min