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
Frances Sargent Osgood: "Thank God, I Glory in ...
4 min
652
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
653
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
654
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
655
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
656
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
657
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
658
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
659
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
660
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
661
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
662
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min
663
James Cervantes: "A Phosphorescence"
2 min
664
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "The Warrior’s Plume"
2 min
665
Thomas Moore: "At the Mid Hour of Night"
3 min
666
Levi Romero: "the cherry end of your cigarette ...
3 min
667
Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake: "Someday I’ll Love—"
3 min
668
Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother"
2 min
669
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
670
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
671
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
672
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
673
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
674
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
675
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min