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
476
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
477
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
478
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
479
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
480
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
481
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
482
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
483
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
484
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
485
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
486
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min
487
James Cervantes: "A Phosphorescence"
2 min
488
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "The Warrior’s Plume"
2 min
489
Thomas Moore: "At the Mid Hour of Night"
3 min
490
Levi Romero: "the cherry end of your cigarette ...
3 min
491
Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake: "Someday I’ll Love—"
3 min
492
Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother"
2 min
493
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
494
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
495
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
496
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
497
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
498
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
499
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
500
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min