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
526
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
527
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
528
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
529
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
530
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
531
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
532
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
533
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
534
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
535
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
536
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
537
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
538
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
539
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
540
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
541
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
542
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
543
Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
544
Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
545
Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
546
Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min
547
Miguel Teurbe Tolón: "Last Song of the Exile"
3 min
548
Luis Lloréns Torres: "Bolivar"
3 min
549
Joseph O. Legaspi: "Raspberries"
4 min
550
Cornelius Eady: "Bullpen"
2 min