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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
51
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
52
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
53
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
54
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
55
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
56
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
57
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
58
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
59
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
60
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
61
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
62
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
63
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
64
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
65
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
66
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
67
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
68
Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
69
Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
70
Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
71
Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min
72
Miguel Teurbe Tolón: "Last Song of the Exile"
3 min
73
Luis Lloréns Torres: "Bolivar"
3 min
74
Joseph O. Legaspi: "Raspberries"
4 min
75
Cornelius Eady: "Bullpen"
2 min