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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Bertrand N. O. Walker: "The Warrior’s Plume"
2 min
477
Thomas Moore: "At the Mid Hour of Night"
3 min
478
Levi Romero: "the cherry end of your cigarette ...
3 min
479
Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake: "Someday I’ll Love—"
3 min
480
Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother"
2 min
481
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
482
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
483
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
484
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
485
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
486
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
487
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
488
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
489
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
490
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
491
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
492
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
493
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
494
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
495
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
496
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
497
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
498
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
499
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
500
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min