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
501
Emanuel Xavier: "How Some of Us Survived Cuando...
2 min
502
Adrian Castro: "A Cuban Modernist in Miami"
2 min
503
Ishmael Reed: "A Black Genius"
2 min
504
Felix Cortes: "In the Beginning, There was the ...
5 min
505
Emily Dickinson: "As if some little Arctic flower"
2 min
506
Guest Editor Interview: December 2024 Guest Edi...
10 min
507
Emily Pauline Johnson: "A Cry from an Indian Wife"
6 min
508
Lance Henson: "Untitled"
1 min
509
Luci Tapahonso: "Wooden Window Frames"
5 min
510
Elizabeth Woody: "Meetings"
3 min
511
Ofelia Zepeda: "The Home of the Sacred"
2 min
512
Max Early: "Delayza’s Necklace"
3 min
513
Charles G. Eastman: "The Yellow Corn"
3 min
514
Frances Sargent Osgood: "Thank God, I Glory in ...
4 min
515
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
516
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
517
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
518
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
519
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
520
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
521
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
522
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
523
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
524
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
525
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min