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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Adrian Castro: "A Cuban Modernist in Miami"
2 min
527
Ishmael Reed: "A Black Genius"
2 min
528
Felix Cortes: "In the Beginning, There was the ...
5 min
529
Emily Dickinson: "As if some little Arctic flower"
2 min
530
Guest Editor Interview: December 2024 Guest Edi...
10 min
531
Emily Pauline Johnson: "A Cry from an Indian Wife"
6 min
532
Lance Henson: "Untitled"
1 min
533
Luci Tapahonso: "Wooden Window Frames"
5 min
534
Elizabeth Woody: "Meetings"
3 min
535
Ofelia Zepeda: "The Home of the Sacred"
2 min
536
Max Early: "Delayza’s Necklace"
3 min
537
Charles G. Eastman: "The Yellow Corn"
3 min
538
Frances Sargent Osgood: "Thank God, I Glory in ...
4 min
539
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
540
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
541
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
542
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
543
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
544
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
545
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
546
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
547
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
548
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
549
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min
550
James Cervantes: "A Phosphorescence"
2 min