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
551
Ofelia Zepeda: "The Home of the Sacred"
2 min
552
Max Early: "Delayza’s Necklace"
3 min
553
Charles G. Eastman: "The Yellow Corn"
3 min
554
Frances Sargent Osgood: "Thank God, I Glory in ...
4 min
555
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
556
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
557
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
558
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
559
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
560
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
561
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
562
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
563
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
564
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
565
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min
566
James Cervantes: "A Phosphorescence"
2 min
567
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "The Warrior’s Plume"
2 min
568
Thomas Moore: "At the Mid Hour of Night"
3 min
569
Levi Romero: "the cherry end of your cigarette ...
3 min
570
Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake: "Someday I’ll Love—"
3 min
571
Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother"
2 min
572
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
573
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
574
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
575
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min