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
201
Ofelia Zepeda: "The Home of the Sacred"
2 min
202
Max Early: "Delayza’s Necklace"
3 min
203
Charles G. Eastman: "The Yellow Corn"
3 min
204
Frances Sargent Osgood: "Thank God, I Glory in ...
4 min
205
Kimberly Blaeser: "I was built by inherited hun...
4 min
206
Annie Wenstrup: "As Girl"
3 min
207
Kenyatta Rogers: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
208
Esther Belin: "Personal Poem"
4 min
209
Amber McCrary: "Stories"
3 min
210
Ina Donna Coolbrith: "Sufficient"
3 min
211
Alexander Posey: "To Wahilla Enhotulle"
3 min
212
Paisley Rekdal: "Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1...
4 min
213
Christine Stewart-Nuñez: "Miscarriage"
2 min
214
Ted Kooser: "Legacy"
2 min
215
Elise Paschen: "𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage"
4 min
216
James Cervantes: "A Phosphorescence"
2 min
217
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "The Warrior’s Plume"
2 min
218
Thomas Moore: "At the Mid Hour of Night"
3 min
219
Levi Romero: "the cherry end of your cigarette ...
3 min
220
Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake: "Someday I’ll Love—"
3 min
221
Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother"
2 min
222
Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
223
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
224
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
225
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min