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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
26
Luci Tapahonso: "Wooden Window Frames"
5 min
27
Elizabeth Woody: "Meetings"
3 min
28
Ofelia Zepeda: "The Home of the Sacred"
2 min
29
Max Early: "Delayza’s Necklace"
3 min
30
Charles G. Eastman: "The Yellow Corn"
3 min
31
Frances Sargent Osgood: "Thank God, I Glory in ...
4 min
32
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
33
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
34
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
35
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
36
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
37
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
38
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
39
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
40
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
41
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
42
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min
43
James Cervantes: "A Phosphorescence"
2 min
44
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "The Warrior’s Plume"
2 min
45
Thomas Moore: "At the Mid Hour of Night"
3 min
46
Levi Romero: "the cherry end of your cigarette ...
3 min
47
Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake: "Someday I’ll Love—"
3 min
48
Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother"
2 min
49
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
50
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min