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
326
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
327
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
328
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
329
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
330
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
331
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
332
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
333
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
334
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
335
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
336
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
337
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
338
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
339
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
340
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
341
Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min
342
David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min
343
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: “From the ‘Khamriyyah’ [There is ...
4 min
344
Hatim al-Tai: “On Avarice”
4 min
345
Vincent Toro: “¿Que Que La Femme?”
6 min
346
Leonora Simonovis: “Little Bruja”
2 min
347
Brittany Rogers: “Dressing the Body”
2 min
348
Grisel Y. Acosta: “Leaving the Psychologist: An...
3 min
349
Yesenia Montilla: “High Stakes”
3 min
350
Ed Roberson: “American Quartet”
6 min