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
376
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
377
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
378
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
379
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
380
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
381
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
382
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
383
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
384
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
385
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
386
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
387
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
388
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
389
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
390
Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min
391
David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min
392
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: “From the ‘Khamriyyah’ [There is ...
4 min
393
Hatim al-Tai: “On Avarice”
4 min
394
Vincent Toro: “¿Que Que La Femme?”
6 min
395
Leonora Simonovis: “Little Bruja”
2 min
396
Brittany Rogers: “Dressing the Body”
2 min
397
Grisel Y. Acosta: “Leaving the Psychologist: An...
3 min
398
Yesenia Montilla: “High Stakes”
3 min
399
Ed Roberson: “American Quartet”
6 min
400
Katherine Mansfield: “The Earth-Child in the Gr...
3 min