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.
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Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
402
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
403
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
404
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
405
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
406
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
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Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
408
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
409
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
410
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
411
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
412
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
413
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
414
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
415
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
416
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
417
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
418
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
419
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
420
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
421
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
422
Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min
423
David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min
424
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: “From the ‘Khamriyyah’ [There is ...
4 min
425
Hatim al-Tai: “On Avarice”
4 min