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.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
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Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
553
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
554
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
555
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
556
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
557
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
558
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
559
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
560
Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
561
Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
562
Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
563
Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min
564
Miguel Teurbe Tolón: "Last Song of the Exile"
3 min
565
Luis Lloréns Torres: "Bolivar"
3 min
566
Joseph O. Legaspi: "Raspberries"
4 min
567
Cornelius Eady: "Bullpen"
2 min
568
Pavneet Singh: "Letter 6"
2 min
569
Jake Ricafrente: "Makati Cousin"
4 min
570
Katy Lederer: "Lithopedion"
2 min
571
Rubén Darío: "Nightfall in the Tropics"
3 min
572
Salomón de la Selva: "A Song for Wall Street"
3 min
573
Tan Lin: "Sent & scented with 10 emoticons"
2 min
574
Rodrigo Toscano: "Habilitas"
3 min
575
E. J. Koh: "This Birthday"
2 min