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
1
Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
2
Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
3
Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
4
Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
5
Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
6
Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
7
Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
8
Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
9
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
10
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
11
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
12
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
13
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
14
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
15
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
16
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
17
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
18
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
19
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
20
Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
21
Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
22
Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
23
Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min
24
Miguel Teurbe Tolón: "Last Song of the Exile"
3 min
25
Luis Lloréns Torres: "Bolivar"
3 min