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
601
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
602
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
603
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
604
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
605
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
606
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
607
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
608
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
609
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
610
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
611
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
612
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
613
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
614
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
615
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
616
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
617
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
618
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
619
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
620
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
621
Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
622
Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
623
Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
624
Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min
625
Miguel Teurbe Tolón: "Last Song of the Exile"
3 min