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