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
Ofelia Zepeda: "The Home of the Sacred"
2 min
427
Max Early: "Delayza’s Necklace"
3 min
428
Charles G. Eastman: "The Yellow Corn"
3 min
429
Frances Sargent Osgood: "Thank God, I Glory in ...
4 min
430
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
431
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
432
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
433
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
434
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
435
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
436
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
437
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
438
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
439
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
440
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min
441
James Cervantes: "A Phosphorescence"
2 min
442
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "The Warrior’s Plume"
2 min
443
Thomas Moore: "At the Mid Hour of Night"
3 min
444
Levi Romero: "the cherry end of your cigarette ...
3 min
445
Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake: "Someday I’ll Love—"
3 min
446
Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother"
2 min
447
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
448
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
449
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
450
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min