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
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
577
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
578
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
579
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
580
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
581
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
582
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
583
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
584
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
585
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
586
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
587
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
588
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
589
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
590
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
591
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
592
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
593
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
594
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
595
Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
596
Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
597
Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
598
Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min
599
Miguel Teurbe Tolón: "Last Song of the Exile"
3 min
600
Luis Lloréns Torres: "Bolivar"
3 min