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
626
Emily Pauline Johnson: "A Cry from an Indian Wife"
6 min
627
Lance Henson: "Untitled"
1 min
628
Luci Tapahonso: "Wooden Window Frames"
5 min
629
Elizabeth Woody: "Meetings"
3 min
630
Ofelia Zepeda: "The Home of the Sacred"
2 min
631
Max Early: "Delayza’s Necklace"
3 min
632
Charles G. Eastman: "The Yellow Corn"
3 min
633
Frances Sargent Osgood: "Thank God, I Glory in ...
4 min
634
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
635
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
636
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
637
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
638
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
639
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
640
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
641
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
642
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
643
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
644
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min
645
James Cervantes: "A Phosphorescence"
2 min
646
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "The Warrior’s Plume"
2 min
647
Thomas Moore: "At the Mid Hour of Night"
3 min
648
Levi Romero: "the cherry end of your cigarette ...
3 min
649
Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake: "Someday I’ll Love—"
3 min
650
Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother"
2 min