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
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Bertrand N. O. Walker: "The Warrior’s Plume"
2 min
752
Thomas Moore: "At the Mid Hour of Night"
3 min
753
Levi Romero: "the cherry end of your cigarette ...
3 min
754
Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake: "Someday I’ll Love—"
3 min
755
Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother"
2 min
756
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
757
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
758
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
759
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
760
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
761
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
762
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
763
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
764
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
765
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
766
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
767
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
768
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
769
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
770
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
771
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
772
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
773
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
774
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
775
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min