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
301
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
302
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
303
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
304
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
305
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
306
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
307
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
308
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
309
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
310
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
311
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
312
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
313
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
314
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
315
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
316
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
317
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
318
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
319
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
320
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
321
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
322
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
323
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
324
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
325
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min