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
576
Ishmael Reed: "A Black Genius"
2 min
577
Felix Cortes: "In the Beginning, There was the ...
5 min
578
Emily Dickinson: "As if some little Arctic flower"
2 min
579
Emily Pauline Johnson: "A Cry from an Indian Wife"
6 min
580
Guest Editor Interview: December 2024 Guest Edi...
10 min
581
Lance Henson: "Untitled"
1 min
582
Luci Tapahonso: "Wooden Window Frames"
5 min
583
Elizabeth Woody: "Meetings"
3 min
584
Ofelia Zepeda: "The Home of the Sacred"
2 min
585
Max Early: "Delayza’s Necklace"
3 min
586
Charles G. Eastman: "The Yellow Corn"
3 min
587
Frances Sargent Osgood: "Thank God, I Glory in ...
4 min
588
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
589
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
590
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
591
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
592
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
593
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
594
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
595
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
596
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
597
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
598
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min
599
James Cervantes: "A Phosphorescence"
2 min
600
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "The Warrior’s Plume"
2 min