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
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Adrian Castro: "A Cuban Modernist in Miami"
2 min
452
Ishmael Reed: "A Black Genius"
2 min
453
Felix Cortes: "In the Beginning, There was the ...
5 min
454
Emily Dickinson: "As if some little Arctic flower"
2 min
455
Guest Editor Interview: December 2024 Guest Edi...
10 min
456
Emily Pauline Johnson: "A Cry from an Indian Wife"
6 min
457
Lance Henson: "Untitled"
1 min
458
Luci Tapahonso: "Wooden Window Frames"
5 min
459
Elizabeth Woody: "Meetings"
3 min
460
Ofelia Zepeda: "The Home of the Sacred"
2 min
461
Max Early: "Delayza’s Necklace"
3 min
462
Charles G. Eastman: "The Yellow Corn"
3 min
463
Frances Sargent Osgood: "Thank God, I Glory in ...
4 min
464
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
465
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
466
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
467
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
468
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
469
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
470
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
471
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
472
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
473
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
474
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min
475
James Cervantes: "A Phosphorescence"
2 min