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
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Thomas Moore: "At the Mid Hour of Night"
3 min
602
Levi Romero: "the cherry end of your cigarette ...
3 min
603
Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake: "Someday I’ll Love—"
3 min
604
Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother"
2 min
605
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
606
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
607
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
608
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
609
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
610
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
611
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
612
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
613
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
614
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
615
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
616
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
617
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
618
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
619
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
620
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
621
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
622
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
623
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
624
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
625
Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min