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
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Charles G. Eastman: "The Yellow Corn"
3 min
127
Frances Sargent Osgood: "Thank God, I Glory in ...
4 min
128
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
129
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
130
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
131
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
132
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
133
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
134
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
135
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
136
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
137
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
138
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min
139
James Cervantes: "A Phosphorescence"
2 min
140
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "The Warrior’s Plume"
2 min
141
Thomas Moore: "At the Mid Hour of Night"
3 min
142
Levi Romero: "the cherry end of your cigarette ...
3 min
143
Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake: "Someday I’ll Love—"
3 min
144
Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother"
2 min
145
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
146
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
147
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
148
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
149
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
150
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min