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
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
327
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
328
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
329
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
330
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
331
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
332
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
333
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
334
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
335
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
336
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
337
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
338
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
339
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
340
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
341
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
342
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
343
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
344
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
345
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
346
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
347
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
348
Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min
349
David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min
350
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: “From the ‘Khamriyyah’ [There is ...
4 min