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
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
502
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
503
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
504
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
505
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
506
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
507
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min
508
James Cervantes: "A Phosphorescence"
2 min
509
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "The Warrior’s Plume"
2 min
510
Thomas Moore: "At the Mid Hour of Night"
3 min
511
Levi Romero: "the cherry end of your cigarette ...
3 min
512
Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake: "Someday I’ll Love—"
3 min
513
Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother"
2 min
514
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
515
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
516
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
517
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
518
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
519
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
520
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
521
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
522
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
523
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
524
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
525
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min