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
701
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
702
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
703
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
704
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
705
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
706
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
707
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
708
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
709
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
710
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
711
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
712
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
713
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
714
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
715
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
716
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
717
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
718
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
719
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
720
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
721
Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
722
Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
723
Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
724
Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min
725
Miguel Teurbe Tolón: "Last Song of the Exile"
3 min