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
351
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
352
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
353
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
354
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
355
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
356
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
357
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
358
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
359
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
360
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
361
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
362
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
363
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
364
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
365
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
366
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
367
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
368
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
369
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
370
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
371
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
372
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
373
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
374
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
375
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min