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