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