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