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
651
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
652
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
653
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
654
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
655
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
656
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
657
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
658
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
659
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
660
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
661
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
662
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
663
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
664
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
665
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
666
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
667
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
668
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
669
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
670
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
671
Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
672
Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
673
Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
674
Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min
675
Miguel Teurbe Tolón: "Last Song of the Exile"
3 min