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