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
Emanuel Xavier: "How Some of Us Survived Cuando...
2 min
552
Adrian Castro: "A Cuban Modernist in Miami"
2 min
553
Ishmael Reed: "A Black Genius"
2 min
554
Felix Cortes: "In the Beginning, There was the ...
5 min
555
Emily Dickinson: "As if some little Arctic flower"
2 min
556
Emily Pauline Johnson: "A Cry from an Indian Wife"
6 min
557
Guest Editor Interview: December 2024 Guest Edi...
10 min
558
Lance Henson: "Untitled"
1 min
559
Luci Tapahonso: "Wooden Window Frames"
5 min
560
Elizabeth Woody: "Meetings"
3 min
561
Ofelia Zepeda: "The Home of the Sacred"
2 min
562
Max Early: "Delayza’s Necklace"
3 min
563
Charles G. Eastman: "The Yellow Corn"
3 min
564
Frances Sargent Osgood: "Thank God, I Glory in ...
4 min
565
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
566
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
567
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
568
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
569
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
570
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
571
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
572
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
573
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
574
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
575
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min